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Morning: Mostly cloudy. Upper 50s.
Afternoon: Partly sunny. High 72.
Tonight: Increasing clouds. Low 50.
Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy with a passing shower. High 72. Low 56.
Morning clouds give way to afternoon sunshine today. Highs in the low 70s. Clouds will increase once again tonight with lows in the 50s.
Some unsettled weather returns for the weekend. Mostly cloudy tomorrow, with the outside chance of an afternoon shower. Highs in the low 70s. Cloudy on Sunday, with widespread afternoon showers. Highs near 70. A few lingering showers continue into Monday, with highs in the low 70s. The weather dries out on Tuesday, with mostly sunny skies and highs in the mid 70s. Warmer weather return on Wednesday. Partly sunny, with highs near 80. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible Thursday afternoon, with highs in the low 80s. | https://www.wktv.com/weather/return-to-sunshine/article_dbf7b2ec-e892-11ec-8830-6b243467d6b2.html | 2022-06-10 08:34:59 | 1 | https://www.wktv.com/weather/return-to-sunshine/article_dbf7b2ec-e892-11ec-8830-6b243467d6b2.html |
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — Senior officials from social media companies will face questions from senators who fear the sites could fuel individuals to commit acts of domestic terrorism.
On Wednesday, both former and current employees of social media platforms, including TikTok, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, will testify before the Senate Homeland Security Committee.
“It’s incredibly important that we understand what’s happening,” said Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, the Senate Homeland Security Committee chairman. “Domestic terrorism is a number one form of terrorism right now that we are facing, and a lot of those terrorists have been linked in some way to contact those individuals through social media.”
Peters said he believes the companies’ algorithms are intentionally sending users dangerous content to keep them on their sites for profit.
“The question we have is how do folks who are just using these platforms on an everyday basis suddenly find themselves going down a rabbit hole that can lead to very extreme content,” said Peters.
Republicans, like Florida Sen. Rick Scott, agree this problem is real. Scott hopes the Democrats and Republicans can find solutions without unfairly censoring conservative users.
“We have to look at things that are causing problems for our society,” said Scott. “I think one thing we have got to look at is how biased many of the social platforms have become.” | https://fox59.com/news/washington-dc-bureau/social-media-platforms-to-testify-at-senate-hearing-on-domestic-threats/ | 2022-09-14 13:09:15 | 0 | https://fox59.com/news/washington-dc-bureau/social-media-platforms-to-testify-at-senate-hearing-on-domestic-threats/ |
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — To the scores of sheriffs in Illinois who reportedly have vowed not to enforce the ban on semiautomatic weapons that took effect this week, Gov. J.B. Pritzker has a succinct answer: Yes, you will.
Nine in 10 of the state's sheriffs, joining with gun-rights advocates in declaring the prohibition unconstitutional, have sworn off zealous enforcement of the law. It prohibits the manufacture or possession of dozens of rapid-fire weapons and attachments and requires registration of those previously owned in response to the massacre at a July 4th parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park which killed seven and wounded 30.
“They took an oath of office to enforce the laws of the state of Illinois, and they will do so,” Pritzker said of the sheriffs Friday in Chicago after signing a law protecting abortion and gender-affirming care.
“These are folks who are entrusted by the public to enforce the law,” the governor continued. “They don’t get to choose which laws they enforce.”
Republican Sheriff Mark Landers of Logan County, just northeast of Springfield in central Illinois, was among the first of his peers to declare his stance, posting on social media Wednesday that “the right to keep and bear arms for defense of life, liberty and property is regarded as an inalienable right.”
Calling the law “a clear violation of the 2nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,” Landers said that “neither myself nor my office will be checking to ensure that lawful gun owners register their weapons with the state nor will we be arresting or housing law-abiding individuals who have been charged solely with non-compliance of this act.”
Landers did not immediately return a call seeking comment Friday. But Jim Kaitschuk, executive director of the Illinois Sheriffs Association, said more than 90 sheriffs have issued similar statements based on a template he provided. Reaction has been overblown he said.
“All they are saying is, ‘We’re not going to knock on people's doors to ask whether they have registered their firearms,'”Kaitschuk said. “And if they're arrested solely on that charge, we will not house them in our jails until ordered to do so by a competent authority,” meaning a judge.
Rep. Bob Morgan, the Deerfield Democrat who sponsored the legislation after witnessing the carnage as a participant in the Highland Park parade, said sheriffs are putting their front-line deputies at risk.
“It's disappointing to hear this from law enforcement officials whose own deputies' lives are at risk," Morgan said. “Standard-issue bulletproof vests cannot stop a semiautomatic weapon round.”
Weapons obtained before the law took effect Tuesday night must be registered with the Illinois State Police by Jan. 1, 2024. The make, model and serial number must be reported and likely will be worked into software that state police use to record and track Firearm Owners Identification cards.
The Illinois State Rifle Association plans to file a federal lawsuit challenging the law as early as next week.
Pritzker, who called the sheriffs' stance “political grandstanding,” said he's confident it will survive court tests, as semiautomatic weapons bans have in eight other states and Washington, D.C.
If the sheriffs are not up to the task, Attorney General Kwame Raoul said, someone else, such as the Illinois State Police, will be.
“As far as law enforcement agencies, there are overlapping jurisdictions as well,” Raoul said. “So if they don’t do their jobs, there are other people available to do the job.”
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Michigan cop charged with murder in Lyoya’s death is fired
DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan police officer charged with murder after shooting Patrick Lyoya in the back of the head has been fired, officials said Wednesday.
Christopher Schurr, a Grand Rapids officer for seven years, waived his right to a hearing and was dismissed, effective last Friday, said City Manager Mark Washington.
Schurr’s dismissal was recommended by police Chief Eric Winstrom after a second-degree murder charge was filed Thursday.
Washington declined further comment, noting the criminal case and a likely lawsuit over Lyoya’s death.
Schurr’s attorney, Matt Borgula, said he wasn’t representing the officer in the labor matter and had no comment.
Lyoya, a Black man, was killed at the end of a traffic stop on April 4. He ran and physically resisted Schurr after failing to produce a driver’s license.
Schurr, who is white, claimed Lyoya had control of his Taser when he shot him. Defense lawyers said the officer feared for his safety.
The confrontation and shooting were recorded on video.
Schurr, 31, had been on leave while state police investigated the shooting and prosecutor Chris Becker decided whether to pursue charges.
Schurr’s personnel file showed no complaints of excessive force but much praise for traffic stops and foot chases that led to arrests and the seizure of guns and drugs.
He spent a night in jail before being released on $100,000 bond Friday.
Grand Rapids, population about 200,000, is 160 miles (260 kilometers) west of Detroit.
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Sawtooth Avalanche Center issues High-Level avalanche warning across Central Idaho
The warning is scheduled to remain in effect until 6:00AM on Wednesday, December 28, 2022.
KETCHUM, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — The Sawtooth Avalanche Center has issued a high-level backcountry avalanche warning for all forecasted zones in Central Idaho, including the Wood River Valley.
According to the Avalanche Center’s website, heavy, wet snowfall, valley rain, and strong winds are creating very dangerous avalanche conditions, from the mountain tops to the valley floor.
The Center continues by saying, widespread avalanching is likely to occur. With some large enough to snap trees or destroy a wood-frame house.
Officials ask residents to stay off and out from below steep slopes (slopes steeper than about 30 degrees).
Avalanches may impact roadways, trails, and structures in the valley bottom.
Areas of impact: Galena Summit, Eastern Mountains, Soldier Mountain, and Wood River Mountains
- Sawtooth Mountain
- Smoky Mountain
- White Cloud Mountain
- Boulder Mountain
- Soldier Mountain
- Pioneer Mountain
- Southern Salmon River Mountain
The waring also includes the mountains near Banner Summit, Stanley, Atlanta, Smiley Creek, Galena Summit, Ketchum, Hailey, Bellevue, Carey and Fairfield.
The backcountry avalanche warning does not apply to highway avalanche programs or operating ski areas.
The warning is scheduled to remain in effect until 6:00AM on Wednesday, December 28, 2022.
For more information on the Sawtooth Avalanche Centers forecasted warning, Click Here.
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The Atlantic’s Derek Thompson writes that while he wants to support the Biden administration’s “Buy American” policies to encourage more manufacturing and create jobs, there are also potential downsides. He joins us.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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Investors Claim Significant Losses Following Product Failures
ONTARIO, Nov. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- McCune Law Group, McCune Wright Arevalo Vercoski Kusel Weck Brandt APC (MLG) – a national law firm specializing in Securities Litigation , Commercial Litigation, and Class Actions – informs investors that a class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California (captioned Fernandes v. Centessa Pharmaceuticals plc, No. 22-cv-07030 (C.D. Cal.)) on behalf of investors who purchased and/or acquired (1) Centessa Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: CNTA) ("Centessa" or the "Company") American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") pursuant and/or traceable to the Offering Documents issued in connection with Centessa's initial public offering conducted on or about May 28, 2021 (the "IPO"); and/or (2) Centessa securities between May 28, 2021 and June 1, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). Investors have until November 28, 2022, to seek appointment as lead plaintiff in the action.
Centessa Pharmaceuticals develops multiple medical products such as lixivaptan, a vasopressin V2 receptor small molecule inhibitor in Phase 3 clinical development for the treatment of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Centessa also is developing a small molecule pharmacological chaperon folding corrector of the Z variant of the DNA encoding protein alpha-1-antitrypsin, ZF874, which is in Phase 1 clinical development for the treatment of A1AT deficiency. On May 28, 2021, Centessa conducted the Initial Public Offering, issuing 16.5 million of its securities to the public at the price of $20 per ADS.
The claims under investigation are whether Centessa made false and/or misleading statements and/or concealed that : (1) the company's product, lixivaptan, was less safe than Centessa had represented; (2) Centessa overstated lixivaptan's clinical and commercial prospects; (3) another Centessa product, ZF874, was less safe than it had been represented; (4) Centessa overstated ZF874's clinical and commercial prospects while downplaying the drug's safety issues; and (5) as a result, documents issued in connection with Centessa's initial public offering and the company's public statements throughout the class period were materially false and/or misleading and failed to state information required.
On November 1, 2021, Centessa announced results from a Phase 1 study evaluating ZF874's in treating AATD. Centessa announced, among other things, potential safety issues related to increases in liver enzymes alanine aminotransferase ("ALT") and aspartate aminotransferase ("AST") in one of the study subjects. On this news, Centessa's ADS price fell by more than 18%.
Then, on June 2, 2022, Centessa announced "it has made the strategic decision to discontinue development of lixivaptan for [ADPKD]," citing "a recent observation of [ALT] and [AST] elevations in one subject" from a Phase 3 study of lixivaptan that was designed to assess liver and non-liver safety in certain subjects. On this news, Centessa's ADS price fell by nearly 28%.
Last, on August 10, 2022, Centessa announced "its decision to discontinue development of ZF874 following a recent report of an adverse event (AE) involving elevated liver enzymes (AST/ALT) in a . . . subject dosed with 5 mg/kg BID of ZF874 in the Phase 1 study." Centessa stated that "[b]ased on the results observed to date, [Centessa] concluded that ZF874 was unlikely to achieve the desired target product profile." On this news, Centessa's ADSs price fell by an additional 5.19%, further harming investors.
McCune Law Group hopes to leverage its Securities Litigation practice area to protect investors from dishonest or misleading business practices that take advantage of their investors. "Centessa talked up their products while understating or ignoring the problems they faced," says MLG Partner Elaine. S Kusel , "Without the proper understanding of the situation at Centessa, investors were blindsided by these poor performance results and safety concerns. They deserve better from the businesses they support."
About the Lead Plaintiff Process : The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 permits any investor who purchased or otherwise acquired Centessa ADSs pursuant and/or traceable to the Offering Documents issued in connection with the IPO and/or Centessa securities during the Class Period to seek appointment as lead plaintiff. The lead plaintiff is generally the movant with the greatest financial interest in the relief sought by the putative class who is also typical and adequate of the putative class. The lead plaintiff acts on behalf of all other class members in directing the Centessa class action lawsuit. The lead plaintiff can select a law firm of its choice to litigate the Centessa class action lawsuit. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff of the Centessa class action lawsuit.
About MLG's Securities Litigation Practice: The Securities Litigation attorneys of MLG provide representation for investors who have been wronged through fraud, scams, and schemes. Our team has many years of experience bringing claims on behalf of investors and pursues all avenues of compensation to maximize our clients' recovery as they navigate this tumultuous time. With hard-hitting tactics and dedicated legal professionals protecting our clients' interests, MLG's Securities Litigation Practice Group hopes to hold companies accountable for their unfair or illegal financial practices.
About McCune Law Group, McCune Wright Arevalo Vercoski Kusel Weck Brandt APC: McCune Law Group has a deep history of success for its clients, including a $203 million verdict against Wells Fargo Bank, recovery of over $1 billion for its clients, and over 100 contingency cases with recovery of $1 million or more. MLG maintains California offices in Ontario, San Bernardino, Calimesa, Palm Desert, and Irvine and supports its national practice with offices in Illinois and New Jersey. For over 30 years, MLG has successfully represented Southern California residents and grown to be the largest Inland Empire consumer rights firm. Visit mccunewright.com for more information.
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Amber Escudero-Kontostathis is the only survivor of a deadly lightning strike outside the White House earlier this month, and despite going through something so life-changing, she said she's recovering quickly.
Escudero- Kontostathis, 28, and three other victims were riding out a thunderstorm that hit the DC region around 7 p.m. ET in Lafayette Park underneath a tree on Aug. 4 a law enforcement source told CNN earlier this month.
Six bolts of lightning struck within half a second, Escudero-Kontostathis said on CNN's New Day Thursday.
James Mueller, 76, Donna Mueller, 75, and Brooks Lambertson, 29 died from their injuries.
"I'm not sure why I'm the one that made it," she told CNN affiliate WUSA. "I definitely have survivors' guilt because if I were to be this lucky, I feel everyone should be."
Plagued by nerve damage from her waist down leaving her with no feeling in her legs, Escudero-Kontostathis is now dependent on a walker to get around most of the time.
"Sometimes my legs just don't want to do what they're supposed to," she said. "It feels like almost like pins and needles is the best way to explain it, but just really magnified, sometimes it feels like my feet are on fire or really cold because the nerves don't know how to process pain."
Escudero-Kontostathis said doctors told her they have never had a patient survive what she endured.
"The emergency ER nurses actually brought my heartbeat back twice, and there were 10 minutes between those two heartbeats where I didn't have oxygen to my brain, I didn't have a heartbeat at all," she said.
Escudero-Kontostathis was canvassing the park for Threshold Giving, a grassroots organization which fundraises for nonprofits like the International Rescue Committee and the Humane Society, according to WUSA.
During the strike, Escudero-Kontostathis was wearing Doc Martin shoes with thick rubber soles she said probably helped reduce some of the shock she absorbed, but she credits the emergency responders, hospital staff and US Secret Service for saving her life.
"Don't just go out in a thunderstorm wearing Docs because that will not save you, that's for sure," she said. "It is the miraclemakers that allow miracle stories to happen so they get all the props, all the attention goes to them."
An elderly couple and a bank executive died from the strike
Escudero-Kontostathis is still trying to piece together parts of time missing from her memory, but remembers meeting and talking to the Muellers, who were visiting from Wisconsin, before they were all struck.
"They were just really lovely wonderful people," she said, "My heart is constantly breaking for both of those families that are going through that loss."
The Muellers and Lambertson were the 10th, 11th and 12th killed by lightning so far this year in the United States, according to John Jensenius, an expert at the National Lightning Safety Council.
Lambertson, a vice president at City National Bank, was in the area on business from Los Angeles.
"Brooks was an incredible young man who will be remembered for his generosity, kindness and unwavering positivity," his employer said in an online news release. "His sudden loss is devastating for all who knew him, and his family, friends and colleagues appreciate the thoughts and prayers that have poured in from around the country."
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The country is witnessing one of only a handful of times in its history that Congress has gone through with public hearings on whether to impeach a president. And yet, the overwhelming majority of Americans across parties say nothing they hear in the inquiry will change their minds on impeachment, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll.
Half of Americans said they approve of the impeachment inquiry — about the same as the poll found last month. Respondents are also split on whether they think Trump should be impeached and removed from office.
But 65% of Americans say they can't imagine any information or circumstances during the impeachment inquiry where they might change their minds about their position on impeachment. And 30% say yes, it's possible.
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It's a tangible example of just how locked in most Americans are in their partisan positions, even as nearly a dozen people have either testified or are set to testify in the impeachment inquiry. The poll was conducted Nov. 11-15 — before, during and after the testimonies of the first three witnesses to be called in the inquiry.
Eight more people are slated to testify this week. The inquiry centers on the accusation that President Trump, through his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and others, pressured Ukraine to conduct investigations of conspiracy theories related to the 2016 presidential campaign and Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter in exchange for military aid and a White House meeting for Ukraine's president.
"We're really not seeing either a backlash or a positive," Barbara Carvalho, director of the Marist Poll, said of the impeachment inquiry. "What we're seeing is people just locking in."
Democratic leaders held off on aggressively pursuing impeachment for months fearing a backlash from the public. So far, that hasn't happened.
By 47%-41%, Americans say they are more likely to support impeachment based on what they've heard or read from the testimonies and evidence presented. And the testimonies could actually be serving to harden their views — 86% of Democrats said they are now more likely to support impeachment after hearing testimony and evidence, while 83% of Republicans said they are less likely to now support impeachment.
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Some 70% of registered voters say they've been paying "very" or "fairly" close attention to the House impeachment inquiry. And 53% of those paying at least fairly close attention say they're more likely to support impeachment.
Democrats are the ones following most closely with 78% saying they're doing so, compared with 68% of Republicans and 66% of independents.
Half of people say they approve of the impeachment inquiry — 50% — compared to 43% who don't. That's about the same as in the poll a month ago (52% to 43%). But Americans are pretty much split down the middle — 45% to 44% — on whether they think Trump should be impeached and removed from office.
There is little question, however, what Americans think of Trump's conduct on that now-infamous July 25 call, in which Trump asked the president of Ukraine for a "favor" to conduct the investigations.
Seventy percent say it is not acceptable for a president to ask a foreign leader to investigate a political opponent. That includes 53% of Republicans who say it's either unacceptable (37%) or they're unsure (16%).
But is that impeachable?
"They think it's wrong," Carvalho said. "They disagree on whether it's impeachable or not."
Most Americans also think the whistleblower's identity should be protected — 56% say so; 39% say the person should be revealed. There's a big partisan split, however, with 83% of Democrats saying the person should be protected, and 78% of Republicans saying the person should be revealed.
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2020 — a fluid race
On the 2020 presidential contest, 69% of Democrats say they're happy with the field. Less than a quarter say they're not.
Three-quarters of Democrats also say they still haven't made up their minds on who to vote for, down only 7 points since July, the last time the question was asked in the survey.
The survey also asked a battery of candidate qualities that would make a voter most "enthusiastic" to vote for that person.
Being a woman is the most desirable quality in a candidate among all registered voters. But there were big differences by party. Democrats would be most "enthusiastic" about voting for a woman, someone who is gay or lesbian, or someone under 40.
The top three qualities for Republicans, on the other hand: a business executive, a white man or a woman.
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Trump's standing
President Trump's approval rating has remained remarkably steady since taking office, and this survey is no different. Trump's job approval in the poll is 41%, statistically unchanged from last month when it was 42%.
Views of him are slightly worse when it comes to his handling of foreign policy (39% approve), and they nosedive on Syria (33% approve). Trump withdrew troops who were fighting alongside Syrian Kurds, something that upset a bipartisan group of lawmakers.
Also remaining steady: the percentage of people saying they definitely will not vote for Trump in 2020 — 52%, unchanged from last month.
Of course, 54% of voters did not vote for Trump in the 2016 presidential election, either.
The survey of 1,124 adults and 988 registered voters was conducted from Nov. 11 to Nov. 15. Where adults are referenced, the poll has a +/- 3.5 percentage point margin of error. Where registered voters are referenced, it has a +/- 3.8 percentage point margin of error. There are 453 Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents with a margin of error of +/- 5.7 percentage points.
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Updated July 13, 2023 at 5:50 PM ET
Special counsel Jack Smith told a federal judge there is "no basis in law or fact" for indefinitely postponing the federal trial of former President Donald Trump and urged the court to proceed with jury selection in December.
In a new court filing, Smith wrote that one of Trump's legal arguments "borders on frivolous" and said there's no evidence that waiting until after the 2024 presidential election would make the process any easier.
"The legal issues Defendants raise do not justify deviation from a speedy trial date, much less open-ended deferral of considering one," wrote Smith and assistant special counsel David Harbach.
Trump faces dozens of felony charges for willful retention of national security information, including highly classified papers he allegedly stored in a ballroom and a bathroom at his Florida resort. He's also accused of conspiring to obstruct the FBI investigation alongside his valet Walt Nauta, who allegedly moved boxes to evade government scrutiny. Both men have pleaded not guilty.
This week, Trump and Nauta suggested Judge Aileen Cannon postpone the trial, perhaps until after the results of the presidential election, where Trump is running for the Republican nomination.
"There is simply no question any trial of this action during the pendency of a Presidential election will impact both the outcome of that election and, importantly, the ability of the Defendants to obtain a fair trial," wrote Trump attorneys Christopher Kise and Todd Blanche.
But federal prosecutors are pushing back on the idea of a significant delay. They said Trump's expected challenge to the authority of the special counsel would likely fail, as similar efforts did at least twice before, in the Nixon era and during Trump's own tenure in the White House.
Smith also scoffed at the defense plan to use the Presidential Records Act as a shield, pointing out that post-Watergate law is not a criminal statute and it does not cover the alleged hoarding of national security secrets.
"[T]hey should not be permitted to gesture at a baseless legal argument, call it 'novel,' and then claim that the Court will require an indefinite continuance in order to resolve it," wrote Smith and Harbach.
As for the heavy volume of documents and video footage in the case, the special counsel lawyers pointed out that there are only about 4,500 "key" pages and nearly one-third of the over 800,000 pages consists of non-content email header and footer information for two email account holders.
Smith and Harbach said they had already handed over to the defendants all the unclassified witness statements and memos for interviews before mid-May of this year, as well as grand jury transcripts for sessions in Washington, D.C., and the Southern District of Florida. More material will head to the defense within the next week, they wrote.
In all, the special counsel said they had gathered about 340 classified documents from the Mar-a-Lago resort, and would begin sharing "the large majority" of them once defense lawyers receive proper security clearances.
"In sum, neither the amount of classified discovery in this case nor the timetable for its production is a reason for an indefinite continuance of the trial date," Smith and Harbach wrote.
Lawyers for the Justice Department, Trump and Nauta are due in a federal court in Ft. Pierce, Fla., next Tuesday afternoon for a hearing on classified information procedures in the case. That hearing was delayed after a request from the defense teams.
Jury issues loomed large in Trump's court filing earlier this week. The special counsel team told the court that choosing a jury could require a special questionnaire and other steps, but "those are reasons to start the process sooner rather than later."
"The Government's position is that the best way to move this case forward consistent with the Defendants' rights and the public's interest is to set a trial date now," they said.
Trump, who is currently the frontrunner for the GOP nomination, is traveling around the country for rallies and events, another reason his lawyers cited for a delay. But the Justice Department team said that many indicted people have hectic jobs that involve travel, and Trump should be treated no differently.
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The German carmaker formalizes its contributions with membership in the project that helps developers build custom Linux-based systems
SAN FRANCISCO, July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, today announced that BMW Group is joining the Yocto Project as a member.
BMW Group's membership restates their commitment to work with, and in, sustainable ecosystems and software and to support open source and key tools they use to build their products. The Yocto Project welcomes this support and looks forward to benefiting from their input and experience. They are joining other members including Intel, Comcast, Arm, Cisco, Facebook (Meta), Xilinx, Microsoft, Wind River, and AWS.
With the rise of devices and sensors being used across every industry, developers today require a common set of tools that help them manage software stacks, configurations, and best practices tailored for Linux images for embedded and IoT devices. Over the last decade Yocto Project has been tuned for this purpose and today is the de facto set of tools for building and supporting a new generation of devices. In short, it helps developers create custom Linux-based systems regardless of the hardware architecture.
The Yocto Project has grown significantly since it was created, rising to the constantly evolving challenge of building custom operating systems for products in a maintainable and scalable way. The project leads in build system technology with bitwise identical build output every time, advanced software manifests, license handling capabilities, and strong binary artifact reuse among many other developments. Yocto Project 4.0 (aka Kirkstone) was released in April. Based on Linux kernel 5.15, glibc 2.35, and roughly 300 other recipe upgrades, Yocto 4.0 supports SPDX SBOM generation and is the latest Long Term Support (LTS) release.
"Recognising sustainability in the context of open source is an extremely welcome development, and we look forward to working more closely with BMW Group to further enhance the project" Richard Purdie, Linux Foundation Fellow. "We hope that others will follow their lead in sustainability and together we can strengthen and allow open source projects to reach their full potential".
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Western countries have become increasingly wary of sharing technology with China, with the US and Netherlands recently imposing new restrictions on exports of semiconductors and the equipment used to make them. Meanwhile, Chinese companies are rising up the list of the world’s biggest spenders on research and development — a sign that perhaps they won’t need that Western technology much longer.
When I last compiled one of these lists five years ago, mobile infrastructure and device maker Huawei Investment & Holding Co. was in sixth place behind Microsoft, just as it is here, but it was the only Chinese company in the global top 25. It has been joined by TikTok owner ByteDance Ltd., WeChat owner and gaming giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. and e-commerce, payments and cloud-computing purveyor Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. The $14.6 billion figure for ByteDance is for 2021 and comes from a report the privately held company shared with employees last year, which the Wall Street Journal reported on in October. The Information reported on April 1 that ByteDance has told investors revenue rose 30% in 2022, so I would guess its 2022 R&D spending would rank even higher.
All the other numbers above come from publicly released financial statements, but companies have a fair amount of leeway in determining what constitutes R&D spending. Amazon.com Inc. doesn’t even report it, instead including a line in its income statements for “technology and content” that is probably mostly R&D but is opaque. In 2017 and 2018, the US Securities and Exchange Commission sent a series of letters to Amazon pressing it to report R&D as other companies do but backed down after Amazon argued that “our business model encourages the simultaneous research, design, development, and maintenance of both new and existing products and services” and that separating out just the R&D would be hard to do and meaningless to its investors.
It is possible that some other privately held company is spending more on R&D than No. 25 Bayerische Motoren Werke AG’s $7.5 billion, but unlikely. Huawei is employee-owned but releases an annual report, as does foundation-and-family-owned German auto-parts maker Robert Bosch GmbH, which spent $6.7 billion in 2022, good for 34th place. (Like other European and Japanese companies, it would be higher in a dollar-denominated ranking like this if the euro and yen were stronger.) Among the world’s other biggest private companies, most don’t seem to report their R&D spending, but most also don’t fit the profile of a big R&D spender.
That profile involves being in tech, pharmaceuticals or auto manufacturing. This has been true for decades. The number of tech companies has grown, with relative newcomers Amazon, Google parent Alphabet Inc. and Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. now occupying the top three spots and most of the Chinese companies new to the list. But when I found a top 20 ranking from 2004, compiled by Booz Allen Hamilton from Bloomberg data, I was struck by how many familiar names it contained.
Of the companies listed here that aren’t in the current top 25, all but one remain in the top 50, with Matsushita Electric successor Panasonic Holdings 61st. The combined R&D spending of Mercedes-Benz Group AG and Stellantis NV, the products (with the addition of Fiat) of the 2007 DaimlerChrysler breakup, would put it in 16th place. Also, if you’re wondering where semiconductor industry leader Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. fits in to all this, it comes in 41st in R&D but fourth in capital spending, behind only Amazon, Samsung Electronics and Saudi Arabian Oil Co.
One thing that has changed since 2004 is how much further ahead of the pack the top spenders are. Leaving Amazon and its unique accounting aside, current No. 2 Alphabet is spending more than four times as much on R&D as No. 20 Bristol-Myers Squibb. In 2004, No. 1 Microsoft spent less than twice as much as No. 20 Merck.
Most of the top automakers are spending similar amounts on R&D, adjusted for inflation, as in 2004. The exceptions are Volkswagen AG and BMW, which are spending substantially more, and Ford Motor Co., which is spending a third less. Pharma companies are generally spending a lot more, but the most spectacular increases have been in tech, among what I guess we should start calling the MAAAM companies (others have suggested MAMAA, but they’re wrong), for Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Amazon, Alphabet and Meta. With the exception of Apple, these companies’ R&D spending is going toward inventing and improving not so much physical products as algorithms, artificial-intelligence systems and the like — which goes for Chinese counterparts ByteDance, Tencent and Alibaba as well. In the US, most of these companies have been announcing big layoffs lately, but the effect on their R&D spending is so far barely discernible.
For the companies themselves, these huge increases in R&D spending could be of limited value. A 2020 study by accounting scholars from the University of Washington and University of Texas found that while there was once a strong relationship between R&D expenditure and future profitability, it has become much weaker since the 1990s. For national and regional economies, the evidence still points to a payoff in terms of productivity gains and growth, although it’s too early to know whether this will be true for the R&D boom of the past few years. If it is, it looks as if the US and China are best positioned to benefit.
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Cooking pans
With the right tools, cooking becomes a breeze instead of a chore and can add so much more to the experience and perhaps more importantly, the taste. Two of the most essential tools in any kitchen are cast iron and stainless steel pans.
Like most things, there are several factors to consider when determining which will work better for your kitchen. Stainless steel pans are lightweight and less reactive than cast iron pans but provide even cooking and are easier to clean. Cast iron pans, by contrast, are more durable and more reactive but are heavier and more challenging to clean. In the end, the primary difference between the two comes down to what kinds of foods you most enjoy cooking.
Cast iron pans
Cast iron pans have a centuries-long history. They’re made by melting blocks of iron and steel together, layering them together and then adding chemicals to raise their carbon levels. After that, the molten metal is poured into a mold made of sand, water and powdered clay. The result is a rugged pan with a signature textured exterior.
The first known use of cast iron pans dates back to ancient China during the Han Dynasty. In the 16th century, they became popular and spread across Europe. However, it wasn’t until 1707 when Abraham Darby patented the sand-casting method, which became the standard way of creating cast iron today. In the last hundred years, cast iron pans have seen a resurgence in popularity thanks to their incredible durability and ability to retain high heat.
What you’ll love about cast iron pans
Durability
Cast iron pans are some of the most durable cookware options. Thanks to their design, the cookware is thought to last for hundreds of years with the proper care. In most cases, cast iron pans should never be cleaned with harsh detergents or washed in a dishwasher; they should be hand-washed and undergo a process called seasoning. Seasoning is the process that creates a nonstick layer on your cookware by rinsing with salt, water and oil. Coating a cast iron pan with oil ensures that the seasoning is protected and will continue to operate at peak performance.
Heat conduction
Cast iron pans are incredible heat conductors. Their densely packed design means cast iron pans can withstand and retain high amounts of heat for more extended periods than most other cookware, making them suitable for baking and broiling. Additionally, cast iron pans distribute intense heat evenly, ensuring things like meats are cooked thoroughly without doing any damage to the pan’s material.
Visual appeal
Cast iron pans are beautiful. In many contemporary restaurant settings, chefs have begun to utilize cast irons for serving dishes and cookware due to their elegant look. Some examples of cast iron use include dishes like fajitas or dutch babies, where the cast iron adds to the dish’s appeal while making it look stylish and unique in presentation.
What you should consider about cast iron pans
Weight
Because of their layered metal construction, cast iron cookware can be hefty. This adds to its durability, but on average, a standard 12-inch cast iron pan can weigh up to 8 pounds, roughly twice the weight of comparable pans. In some instances, this can make moving cast iron pans quite a hassle, especially for those with wrist and hand issues.
Maintenance
Maintaining the quality of a cast iron pan relies on a process called seasoning. When done correctly, cast iron pans can last a lifetime. However, if not handled with care, cast iron pans are susceptible to rusting and severe scratching. This also affects the pan’s nonstick quality, and when not occasionally seasoned, it leads to more food sticking to the surface.
Hot handles
Cast iron pans retain heat incredibly well. This can act as both a blessing and a curse, as the metal handles of these pans are incredibly hot when used in an oven or broiler. With this in mind, it’s essential to be mindful of a cast iron’s handles and use oven mitts or something similar when holding it.
Best cast iron pans
Some top choices for cast iron skillets include the Victoria Cast Iron Frying Pan and the Lodge Seasoned Cast Iron 3 Skillet Bundle. The Victoria skillet has two side handles for easy handling and a spout to help with excess grease. The Lodge Cast Iron Skillet Bundle is an excellent choice for those looking for a cast iron set. The 8-, 10.5- and 12-inch skillets ensure maximum versatility for all types of dishes.
Stainless steel pans
Stainless steel is one of the most popular materials for cookware today. It’s made through cladding, in which layers of metal (typically aluminum or copper) are bonded together to help heat evenly conduct throughout the cookware.
Like cast iron pans, stainless steel pans are incredibly durable. Additionally, the pans contain chromium, which creates a passive layer of oxide on its exterior surface, ensuring protection against things like scratching or corrosion.
What you’ll love about stainless steel pans
Versatility
Stainless steel pans are extremely versatile. They can be used to cook just about everything from breakfast options like eggs and bacon to dinners like meats and sauteed vegetables. Stainless steel pans are considered non-reactive, unlike cast iron pans, which means acidic foods like sauces and wine will not damage the exterior. Additionally, they can be used in any situation, from stovetop to oven use.
Maintenance
Unlike cast iron pans, stainless steel pans don’t need to be seasoned to be cleaned. They can be easily cleaned with soap and water and are usually dishwasher-safe.
Quick heating
Since they have a layered metal construction, stainless steel pans heat quickly. Many stainless steel pans have either aluminum or copper cores which are great heat conductors, meaning that they don’t require the time cast iron pans need to heat up to usable temperatures.
What you should consider about stainless steel pans
Poorer heat conduction
Unlike cast iron pans, stainless steel pans heat retain and lose heat rather quickly. This means that food may cook more rapidly but also may cook more unevenly. Cast iron pans are designed to trap heat, whereas stainless steel pans are created to be more versatile.
Difficulty cleaning
Food is more likely to stick on stainless steel pans, since most stainless steel pans don’t have naturally nonstick surfaces. As a result, they require much more effort to clean and need soaking in soap and water to thoroughly remove any leftover food debris.
Best stainless steel pans
Some high-quality stainless steel pan options include All-Clad D3 Stainless Cookware 12-Inch Fry Pan and Cuisinart Chef’s Classic Stainless 5.5-Quart Stainless Steel Saute Pan. All-Clad is a leader in cookware and offers three-ply construction, ensuring quick and even heating in all of its pans. Similarly, Cuisinart creates cost-effective pans that are both high-quality and durable.
Should you get a cast iron pan or stainless steel pan?
Both cast iron and stainless steel pans are excellent choices for any kitchen. Ultimately, the choice comes down to what you wish to use the pan for. Though harder to maintain, cast iron pans are great for baking and broiling and can double as beautiful presentations for guests. Stainless steel pans, by contrast, are a much more versatile pan that’s great for everyday use. Both pans are durable and attractive and will look good in any kitchen.
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Thor: Love and Thunder landed in theaters in July and came to Disney Plus and digital stores on Thursday. The movie is the Asgardian Avenger's fourth solo adventure, and the 29th Marvel Cinematic Universe film since 2008. It sees director Taika Waititi, previously responsible for 2017's Thor: Ragnarok, bringing his comedic touch to another superhero caper (and its two post-credits scenes).
It'll hit 4K, Blu-ray and DVD on Sept. 27, with a bunch of behind-the-scenes features, deleted scenes and a director's commentary from Waititi.
The movie catches up with Thor Odinson (Chris Hemsworth) after the events of Avengers: Endgame, in which he decided to join the spacefaring Guardians of the Galaxy. He also reunites with former flame Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), who's been empowered by his old hammer Mjolnir and become the Mighty Thor, as they face the creepy threat of Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale).
Once you've wrapped your head around the movie's ending and its other delightful cameo, it's time to spin your enchanted hammer and leap into SPOILERS for the mid- and post-credits scenes.
A vengeful god
In the mid-credits scene, it's revealed that Zeus (Russell Crowe) survived after Thor blasted the Greek god's own lightning bolt through his chest. Being tended to on his throne, Zeus expresses his fury that people now worship superheroes over gods.
"They will fear us again when they see Thor Odinson fall from the sky," he says bitterly. "Do you understand me, Hercules? Do you understand me, my son?"
We're introduced to the MCU's Hercules (Brett Goldstein, the lovably grouchy Roy Kent from Ted Lasso).
"Yes, father," he growls.
What does it mean?
Marvel's Hercules was introduced in the comics as a rival to Thor back in the '60s, but later became his ally and joined the Avengers. He's shown up regularly in the decades since his debut, occasionally starring in his own series. Herc is a bit of a braggart, but a reliable friend to his fellow heroes.
The character was first seen as a goon of time-traveling villain Immortus, but that version was later revealed to be an impostor -- mostly because it didn't really match up with his subsequent characterization and because "impostor" is a classic comic book explanation for such discrepancies.
Immortus partially inspired Loki villain He Who Remains, who was an alternate reality version of the future MCU villain Kang. Since the movies and shows regularly riff on classic comic stories, it's possible Hercules will team up with Kang in his quest to take down Thor.
Regardless, it's likely Hercules and Thor will become allies at some point in the future -- Goldstein is simply too popular and lovable to remain bad. However, he told Variety on July 18 that he hasn't been clued in about plans for the character.
"I truly, honestly -- this isn't me lying or being coy -- I know nothing," the actor said. "All I know is what I did that day and that's it. That could be it. It was a fun three seconds."
He's also the second Ted Lasso actor who's made a recent MCU post-credits scene cameo. Cristo Fernández, best known for portraying Dani "Football is life" Rojas in the Apple TV Plus series, appeared in one of Spider-Man: No Way Home's extra scenes in December.
Life after death
As Thor struggled to stop Gorr from reaching the all-powerful Eternity and wishing for all the gods to be wiped out, Jane left her cancer treatment to take up Mjolnir one last time and rode to his aid. The heroic duo succeeded in convincing Gorr to abandon his genocidal campaign, but she lost her battle with the disease shortly afterward.
The post-credits scene reunites us with Jane after her death, as she steps through a portal and finds herself in a beautiful mountainous location. She's greeted by Heimdall (Idris Elba), the all-seeing guardian of Asgard's Bifrost Bridge who was slain by Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War.
"You are very welcome here in the land of the gods," he says warmly. "Welcome to Valhalla."
What does it mean?
Valhalla, the Asgardian heaven inspired by Norse mythology, was mentioned earlier in the movie. When Thor meets a wounded Lady Sif (Jaimie Alexander) after her encounter with Gorr, she urges him to let her die so she can go to Valhalla. Thor reminds her that she'd only go there if she died in battle, so she agrees to go to New Asgard and get patched up.
When Jane dies in Thor's (massive) arms after the final fight with Gorr, she disintegrates into stardust like Odin (Anthony Hopkins) did in Thor: Ragnarok, hinting that she had been accepted as an Asgardian despite being born human.
This may mean Jane will be allowed to rest among the other fallen gods in the afterlife and we won't see her again (especially since getting Portman, Elba and Hopkins back would be expensive). However, MCU post-credits scenes typically serve to set up future plotlines and Jane's comic counterpart became a Valkyrie after her time as Mighty Thor concluded.
In the MCU, this group of elite female warriors was slaughtered in battle with the goddess of death Hela. King Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson) was the only survivor. In the comics and Norse mythology, the Valkyries guide those who fall in battle in Valhalla, so their MCU counterparts may have gone on to serve a similar purpose -- Jane could ultimately join their ranks.
Valhalla is the third afterlife dimension we've seen in the MCU, after the Ancestral Plane in Black Panther and the Duat and Field of Reeds in Moon Knight. If Thor has a near-death experience, he could meet Jane again.
Could Loki be in Valhalla?
The original MCU Loki is dead, having been killed by Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War (the one we followed in the Disney Plus series was an alternate timeline Variant). Since the OG Loki was killed in battle, he should've been rewarded with a blissful eternity in Valhalla.
It's also possible the original version of the character isn't dead, since the older Classic Loki -- a Variant from yet another timeline -- seen in the Disney Plus series revealed that he had tricked Thanos with a super-realistic projection. After that, he lived in solitude on a remote planet "for a long, long time."
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Commissioners in Memphis are scheduled to decide Wednesday whether to return Justin Pearson, a Black Democrat, to the Republican-led Tennessee House after he and a Black colleague were kicked out of the Legislature following their support of gun control protesters.
The Shelby County Board of Commissioners set a vote to determine whether Pearson will be sent back to the Legislature in Nashville.
Republicans banished Pearson and Rep. Justin Jones last week over their role in a gun control protest on the House floor in the aftermath of a deadly school shooting in Nashville that left three children and three adults dead.
The Nashville Metropolitan Council took only a few minutes Monday to unanimously restore Jones to office. He was quickly reinstated to his House seat.
The House’s vote to remove Pearson and Jones but keep white Rep. Gloria Johnson drew accusations of racism. Johnson survived by one vote. Republican leadership denied that race was a factor, however.
Ahead of the vote, Pearson is set to lead a march from the National Civil Rights Museum to the county commission’s office in downtown Memphis.
The expulsions last Thursday made Tennessee a new front in the battle for the future of American democracy and propelled the ousted lawmakers into the national spotlight. In the span of a few days, the two had raised thousands of campaign dollars, and the Tennessee Democratic Party had received a new jolt of support from across the U.S.
The appointments are on an interim basis. Special elections for the seats will take place in the coming months. Jones and Pearson have said they plan to run in the special election.
Political tensions rose when Pearson, Johnson and Jones joined with hundreds of demonstrators who packed the Capitol last month to call for passage of gun control measures.
As protesters filled galleries, the lawmakers approached the front of the House chamber with a bullhorn and participated in a chant. The scene unfolded days after the shooting at the Covenant School, a private Christian school.
Support for Pearson has come from around the country, including Memphis. During a Monday rally in support of Tyre Nichols, who died in January after he was beaten by police during an arrest, backers of Pearson said the commission was “on the clock.”
“You’ve got one job — to reinstate Justin Pearson,” activist LJ Abraham said.
Pearson grew up in the same House district he was chosen to represent after longtime state Rep. Barbara Cooper, a Black Democrat, died in office. It winds along the neighborhoods, forests and wetlands of south Memphis, through the city’s downtown area and into north Shelby County.
Before he was elected, Pearson helped lead a successful campaign against a planned oil pipeline that would have run through neighborhoods and wetlands, and near wells that pump water from the Memphis Sand Aquifer, which provides drinking water to 1 million people.
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LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Datacolor expands its popular Spyder Checkr product line to include Spyder Checkr Photo – a color reference tool that provides a fast, easy way to ensure accurate, consistent color from your first shot. It allows you to automatically create Hue, Saturation and Luminance (HSL) presets to use with your photo editing software, streamlining your post-production workflow, as well as ensuring color consistency across a variety of cameras, lenses and sensor combinations.
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Hutch's Jewelry murder: Michigan attorney believed to be mastermind in murder of Dan Hutchinson
OAK PARK, Mich. (FOX 2) - Explosive new details in the investigation into the murder of Dan Hutchinson, the owner of Hutch's Jewelry. According to FOX 2 sources, a Michigan attorney is likely the mastermind behind all of it. The alleged motive? FOX 2 has learned the attorney allegedly wrote himself into the Hutch's will and the jewelry store owner had no idea.
So far, three people have been charged with the murder-for-hire plot to kill Daniel "Hutch" Hutchinson, a well-known jeweler with a celebrity client list. But an attorney could be the next person charged.
Police: 'No words exchanged' by gunman before killing of Hutch's Jewelry owner in Oak Park
Multiple sources tell FOX 2 that the attorney, who we cannot name because he hasn't been charged, is a person of interest in an investigation that started back on June 1 when the 47-year-old shot and killed outside of his jewelry store on Greenfield in Oak Park.
At least ten bullet holes were visible in the window of the SUV that Hutch was driving. In the passenger seat was his wife, Marissa, who was miraculously unhurt in the shooting.
The shooter, police say, was 44-year-old Roy Donta Larry. Police said he pulled up on a bicycle to the GMC Yukon Denali with his wife at the time when a car pulled up in the lane next to Hutchinson and fired more than a dozen rounds into the SUV.
Last week, the investigation broke open with two more charged including 57-year-old Darnell Larry, a relative of Roy, and 32-year-old Angelo James Raptoplous.
Oak Park police declined to elaborate further on the charges, but sources say that Raptoplous was above the other two men in the plot.
According to court documents, Raptoplous, was also hit with a solicitation charge associated with the plot to also kill Marissa Hutchinson.
A possible motive for Hutch's murder?
Several sources close to the investigation say the attorney mentioned above is connected to Raptoplous and had a lot to gain.
According to our sources, that attorney befriended Hutch and became a business associate who Hutch trusted enough to draft a will. Included in that will was the attorney, himself.
Hutch signed that will likely without knowing the attorney had inserted himself into it, FOX 2 has learned.
This attorney has a documented history which we found in a civil suit against him. In that suit, it's alleged that he swindled an elderly Detroit man into deeding over several properties in Detroit and in Washtenaw County.
Months later, after the quit claims deeds were approved, the elderly man died inside his southwest Detroit home. An autopsy reads it was of natural causes, but those close to him speculate about what actually caused it.
That civil suit was eventually settled.
FOX 2 has learned the attorney may not even be the end of the investigation. It's possible more could be charged in the coming weeks.
Murder of Dan "Hutch" Hutchinson
Oak Park police say the victim was approached by the suspect and shot multiple times during the killing. Police said the murder was a targeted killing.
Hutchinson was inside his SUV with his wife when a car had pulled up to the lane next to him and fired into the vehicle. While the victim's wife escaped uninjured, Hutchinson was struck and later succumbed to his injuries.
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Police initially believed Roy Larry acted alone in the fatal shooting.
"He kept Detroit iced up" Oak Park jeweler honored
A vigil was held June 4 for the well-known metro Detroit jeweler, with friends and family turning out to pay tribute to Hutchinson.
"Great guy very charismatic. Had a great personality. Had a lot of knowledge about jewelry and the community. He was passionate about it."
Family and friends say, 47-year-old Dan Hutchinson, the owner of Hutch Jewelers, made an impression on nearly everyone he got to know.
READ MORE: Vigil held for beloved owner of Hutch's Jewelry in Oak Park
"Always personable when you meet him. I feel bad for his family because he was definitely that kind of guy. A family guy," said KeVon, a prior customer. | https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/hutchs-jewelry-murder-michigan-attorney-believed-to-be-mastermind-in-murder-of-dan-hutchinson | 2022-09-16 01:33:16 | 1 | https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/hutchs-jewelry-murder-michigan-attorney-believed-to-be-mastermind-in-murder-of-dan-hutchinson |
RAMONA, Calif. (KSWB) — Officials have identified the man who died Tuesday at a motocross track in Ramona, California.
Pat Casey, 29, died after he lost control of the motocross bike he was riding and was ejected, the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office said. Casey was performing a jump on the park ramps, according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.
The crash happened around 2:45 p.m. at Slayground Motocross Park, which is owned by Axell Hodges, a three-time gold medal winner in X Games Moto X competition.
Bystanders called 911 but by the time paramedics arrived at the track, they found Casey pulseless and apneic, according to the medical examiner’s office. Despite life-saving measures, Casey was pronounced dead at the scene.
Casey, a competitive BMX rider, recently competed in the X Games Japan event in May. He placed fifth in BMX Park Best Trick and ninth in BMX Park.
“We are deeply saddened by Pat Casey’s passing and our thoughts and prayers go out to his wife, children, parents and siblings,” X Games said in a post on Instagram. “A true legend in the action sports community, Pat will always be a member of the X Games family and an inspiration to everyone’s life he touched.”
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VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) — A truncated tournament could pave the way for a thrilling finish to the BMW PGA Championship, with the top 10 players separated by two shots heading into Sunday’s final round.
Rory McIlroy is in there. And so are two golfers from the Saudi-backed breakaway series.
The European tour’s flagship event has been shortened to 54 holes after a day’s play was canceled following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Viktor Hovland and Soren Kjeldsen were tied for the lead on 12 under par Saturday at the end of the second round.
McIlroy finished birdie-birdie on the closing par 5s at Wentworth to shoot 7-under 65 — tying his career-low round in the tournament — and was in a three-way share of third place with Thomas Detry (65) and Rafa Cabrera Bello (65), a shot behind the leaders.
Then came five players on 10 under — including Adrian Otaegui (65) and Talor Gooch (64), who both now play in the contentious LIV Golf series. Gooch’s presence in the field was criticized ahead of the event by some golfers who have decided to stick with the sport’s established tours and shun the Saudi money.
Gooch was even name-checked by defending champion Billy Horschel, who said his fellow American was at Wentworth “for one reason only and that’s to try to get world ranking points because you don’t have it” in LIV tournaments.
Otaegui and Gooch will play together on Sunday.
Hovland shot 68 to follow up his opening 64, while Kjeldsen started with a bogey and finished birdie-birdie for a 64 after opening with a 68.
Hovland hasn’t won since the Dubai Desert Classic in January. The last of Kjeldsen’s four European tour titles came in 2015.
McIlroy, meanwhile, is coming off winning the Tour Championship — and the FedEx Cup — two weeks ago and is seeking back-to-back titles worldwide for the first time since 2014.
As the current leader of the Race to Dubai, the four-time major champion is also in a good position to win the money lists on both sides of the Atlantic.
“I felt my putting was really good,” McIlroy said after a 5-foot birdie putt at No. 18, which came soon after a big par save at No. 16, “and that’s kept me in the tournament.”
Play started at 6:40 a.m. local time on Saturday, with 30 players needing to finish their first rounds that were stopped late Thursday following the announcement of the death of the queen at the age of 96.
A decision was taken for there to be no play on Friday — meaning the event was cut to 54 holes — as a mark of respect to the monarch of more than 70 years and players, caddies and officials held a two-minute period of silence around the course at 9:50 a.m.
The proclamation of King Charles III was later shown on the television screens in the Championship Village.
Horschel said he and his wife visited Windsor Castle to pay their respects to the queen when the tournament was put on hold on Friday, with Australian player Min Woo Lee — who shot a week-low 62 — doing likewise at Buckingham Palace.
McIlroy paid tribute to the queen’s “dignity, dedication and grace personified.”
“She was such a steadying figure for the entire country,” McIlroy said. “I was very fortunate, I got to meet her a few years ago and she could not have been nicer. I have the picture of that in my house alongside my MBE, which I am very proud of as well.
McIlroy said it was the “right decision” for the tournament to continue.
“I don’t think we are disrespecting anyone by playing and celebrating what a life the queen had,” he said.
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SCRANTON, Pa., May 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Olympia Chimney & Venting, Inc., a subsidiary of Olympia Chimney Supply Holdings, LLC, today announced that it has acquired SnapLok® Systems, LLC ("SnapLok®"), an industry leader in chimney & duct cleaning equipment based in Suffield, CT.
"We see this as a natural continuation of our Company's relationship with SnapLok®. We acquired SnapLok's United States and Canadian business operations and established a long-term partnership with its Founder and CEO David Kresge to continue industry leading product innovation," said Bryan Yourdon, CEO, Olympia Chimney Supply Holdings, LLC. "I am pleased to offer customers the full product line of all SnapLok® products and collaborate with Dave on future product innovations, which we will distribute through Copperfield Chimney Supply."
SnapLok® was founded by a long-time chimney and duct cleaning professional, inventor, and entrepreneur David Kresge who has been pivotal to the power sweeping industry, including the creation of his patented Dual Button – Push & Lock connection. SnapLok® products are sold to sweep professionals in more than 23 countries.
"I am excited for this next chapter in the history of SnapLok®. Our success at SnapLok® has been built on products that make our customers' jobs easier and more profitable," said David Kresge, Founder & CEO of SnapLok®. "This partnership provides me with the ability to focus on further driving industry leading product innovation. I'm looking forward to seeing SnapLok® expand and grow under Olympia."
The SnapLok® brand is available through Copperfield Chimney Supply. Customers may place new orders by visiting www.copperfield.com or by calling 800-247-3305. SnapLok® customer service will be integrated with Copperfield Chimney Supply.
About SnapLok®
Founded in 2018, SnapLok® Systems, LLC is the leader in the industry for its power sweeping technology for chimney & duct cleaning. Founded in the US and based in Suffield, Connecticut, SnapLok® is world-renowned for its patented "Dual Button – Push & Lock" connection.
About Olympia
Olympia Chimney and Venting, Inc. ("OCV"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Olympia Chimney Supply Holdings, LLC, is a leading manufacturer of chimney venting systems, liners, and accessories. Headquartered in Scranton, Pennsylvania, OCV is deeply committed to manufacturing quality products with innovative design and engineering.
About Copperfield
Copperfield Chimney Supply, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Olympia Chimney Supply Holdings, LLC, is a leading national distributor serving contractors and retailers in the sales and service of hearth and chimney systems. Headquartered in Scranton, Pennsylvania, they have distribution centers located in Bridgeport, NJ; Cleveland, OH; and Reno, NV to service customers throughout the United States and Canada.
If you would like more information about this press release, please contact Kim Hammill at 226-820-3332 or email at khammill@copperfield.com.
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A southern Maine village composed mostly of one of the state’s largest homeowners associations was the most competitive place to buy a home here in June.
Lake Arrowhead, which straddles the York County towns of Waterboro and Limerick, beat Falmouth, North Windham and Yarmouth as the most challenging place to buy a home in Maine last month, according to online real estate marketplace Redfin.
Redfin classified the village as most competitive because most homes get multiple offers, often with waived contingencies. The average home sale goes pending in five days of listing and offers are about 9 percent above list price. It came as home sales cooled in Maine, although prices continued to rise, according to Maine Association of Realtors data released Wednesday
Located about an hour’s drive west of Portland, the village of just more than 3,000 people is made up largely of the Lake Arrowhead Community, a homeowners association with 1,500 homes, two clubhouses, tennis courts and other amenities along the man-made lake. There are a few individual lots in the village, but most are in the subdivision, Michael Fitzpatrick, vice president of the association, said.
“In the past couple years people have been retiring and buying a house on the lake,” he said.
The association only gets school and bus services from Limerick and Waterboro, plus weekly trash pickup from Limerick. Otherwise, it runs itself like a town. It has nine employees to maintain the 51 miles of roadway through the development.
Fitzpatrick said part of the draw to the village may be the amount of house that money can buy. Lakefront properties generally carry a premium price, but those in Lake Arrowhead had a median sales price of $300,000 in June, according to Redfin. That is less than the statewide average of $360,825 in June and the York County average of $460,000 during the first three months of this year, according to the Realtors association.
The homeowners association surrounds the 779-acre Lake Arrowhead, known for its bass-fishing tournaments. For Jack Taylor, who has lived in the subdivision for six years and has been in the area around 20 years, the attraction is that Lake Arrowhead is quiet with few tourists.
Taylor, who owns his own real estate agency, is in the process of selling his home on the Limerick side of the association and moving to the other side of the lake, where he has bought 20 acres of land upon which he will build a new home.
“I love it here,” he said. | https://www.bangordailynews.com/2022/07/21/business/real-estate/hard-to-buy-in-lake-arrowhead-joam40zk0w/ | 2022-07-21 07:25:28 | 0 | https://www.bangordailynews.com/2022/07/21/business/real-estate/hard-to-buy-in-lake-arrowhead-joam40zk0w/ |
The following obituaries have been provided by local funeral homes. Read our complete obituaries in The Herald-Dispatch on Thursday and at www.herald-dispatch.com.
CAROLINE L. ADAMSON, 78, of Louisa, Ky., wife of Wayne Adamson, died Oc.t 16 in Ashland Community Hospice. Funeral services will be private. Young Funeral Home, Louisa, Ky., is directing arrangements.
RUSSELL EUGENE BENNETT JR. 66, of Chesapeake, Ohio, husband of Dora Bennett, died Oct. 15 in St. Mary’s Medical Center. Memorial service will be 1 p.m. Oct. 23 at Hall Funeral Home and Crematory, Proctorville, Ohio. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. www.ehallfuneralhome.com.
GOLDIE MARIE BROWNING, 50, of West Hamlin, W.Va., died Oct. 12. There will be a memorial service at a later date. Koontz Funeral Home, Hamlin, W.Va., is directing arrangements.
DONAL LEE CHAPMAN, 91, of Proctorville, Ohio, died Oct. 18. Graveside service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Oct. 22 at Blue Sulphur Cemetery. Wallace Funeral Home, Barboursville, is assisting the family. www.timeformemory.com/wallace.
VIRGINIA B. CORTESE, 94, mother of Toni Gygi of Huntington, died Oct. 14 in Huntington. Visitation will be Oct. 21 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Memorial Park Funeral Home in Memphis, Tenn., and the funeral on Saturday at 1 p.m. at St. Louis Catholic Church of Memphis. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice of Huntington, or the charity of your choice. www.chapmans-mortuary.com.
RALPH GLEN DAVIS, 79, of Huntington died Oct. 18 at home. Funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. October 21 at Wallace Funeral Home & Chapel, Barboursville. Burial will follow in Forest Memorial Park, Milton. Friends may visit from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Friday at Wallace Funeral Home, Barboursville. www.timeformemory.com/wallace.
LAMANDA “MANDI LYNN” GREEN, 42, of Pecks Mill, W.Va., mother of Renae Norman and Nicole Norman, both of Chapmanville, W.Va., died Oct. 15 at home. Memorial service at 1 p.m. Oct. 21 at Evans Funeral Home Chapel, Chapmanville, W.Va. Visitation two hours before service. Honoring her wishes, cremation will take place and burial in Green Family Cemetery, Big Creek, W.Va.
KATHY JEAN ADKINS KEENEY of South Point, Ohio, widow of Norbert Keeney, died Oct. 16 at home. Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Oct. 22 at Schneider-Hall Funeral Home, Chesapeake, Ohio. Burial in Leatherwood Cemetery. Visitation from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 21 at the funeral home. schneiderhallfuneralhome.com.
DARRELL THOMAS McNEELY, 20, of Branchland, W.Va., husband of Christa McNeely, died Oct. 12. Visitation will be from 4 to 5 p.m. Oct. 21 at Wallace Funeral Home, Milton.
MABLE P. MERRITT, 99 of Huntington died Oct. 15 in Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House. She was an educator. Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Oct. 21 at Henson and Kitchen Mortuary, Huntington. Burial will follow in Ridgelawn Memorial Park. Visitation will be one hour prior to service Friday at the mortuary. www.hensonandkitchen.com.
VICTORIA SUZANNE MILLER, 61, of Barboursville, mother of Matthew St. Clair and Ronette Bragg, died Oct. 17 in St. Mary’s Medical Center. She retired from Aaron’s. Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Oct. 21 at Chapman’s Mortuary, Huntington. Visitation will be one hour before service Friday at the funeral home. www.chapmans-mortuary.com.
SHEILA KAY NAPIER, 73, of Hewett, W.Va., died Oct. 15. She retired from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources. Visitation from noon to 1 p.m. Oct. 22 at Evans Funeral Home, Chapmanville, W.Va. Honoring her wishes, cremation will take place.
ROCKY ALLEN PAYNE, 55, of Huntington died Oct. 16. Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Oct. 21 at the Wallace Funeral Home & Chapel, Barboursville. Burial will be in Woodmere Memorial Park. Visitation will be one hour before service. www.timeformemory.com/wallace.
WALDSEE MERTON PRUNTY, 96, of Huntington, widower of Eula Maxine Prunty, died Oct. 19 at the Woodlands Retirement Community. Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Oct. 22 at Woodmere Memorial Park. Chapman’s Mortuary, Huntington, is assisting the family. www.chapmans-mortuary.com.
BILLY J. STAPLETON, 92 of East Lynn died Oct. 18 at home. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 20 at Morris Funeral Home Chapel, funeral service at 8 p.m. Military graveside rites 11 a.m. Oct. 21 at Elmwood Cemetery.
LARRY EDWARD STRATTON, 73, of Big Ugly, W.Va., husband of Joyce Stratton, died Oct. 15 at home. He was a retired teacher and principal of Lincoln County Schools. Honoring his request, cremation will take place and a private memorial service held at a later date at Oakview Family Cemetery at Big Ugly. Arrangements are being directed by Evans Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Chapmanville, W.Va.
KIMBERLY LEAH TERRY, 34, of West Hamlin, W.Va., daughter of Ella Louise Terry, died Oct. 8. There will be a celebration of life at a later date. Koontz Funeral Home, Hamlin, W.Va., is directing arrangements.
RICHARD DEWAYNE VANCE, 33, of Branchland, W.Va., son of David Vance and Millie Eastham Vance both of Branchland, and Roxy Mae Eastham of Huntington, died Oct. 13. There will be a private memorial service at a later date. Koontz Funeral Home, Hamlin, W.Va., is directing arrangements. | https://www.herald-dispatch.com/_recent_news/wednesday-night-obituary-update/article_7f97f93a-4fcb-11ed-8233-0f5dd8cd7f1e.html | 2022-10-20 01:06:14 | 0 | https://www.herald-dispatch.com/_recent_news/wednesday-night-obituary-update/article_7f97f93a-4fcb-11ed-8233-0f5dd8cd7f1e.html |
TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — “Some people think it's the Jewish people’s Christmas– and it’s not. It’s a long tradition," said Evan Mendelson of Sonoran Glass School.
The date for Hanukkah changes every year depending on the Hebrew calendar. This year, the first night of Hanukkah is Sunday, Dec. 18 and begins at sunset.
The Jewish community in Tucson is about 25,000- 30,000 people but only a small amount are involved in the Jewish community locally. They are a tight knit group that love to keep the traditions going through local synagogues.
One of the most important Hanukkah traditions is the lighting of the menorah each evening.
“Eight of the candles represent the eight days that each oil was used to light the candles in the temple in 200 BC," said Mendelson. "The shamash is the attendant, it's the candle that lights the other candles.”
Each night during Hanukkah you add a new candle before lighting. Candles are placed in the menorah from right to left but candles are lit from left to right.
Sonoran Glass School is the only full-service, nonprofit glass organization in the desert Southwest. Their main goal is to bring fire and light into their glass school which is very similar to what a menorah does in a home during Hanukkah.
Priscilla Kar Yee Lo is one of the glass instructors at Sonoran Glass School and was featured on the Netflix series "Blown Away." Kar Yee Lo has brought her glass blowing skills to Tucson is teaching menorah making classes this time of year.
Proceeds from Sonoran's Glass School classes support the education and advancement of glass art and glass artists in Southern Arizona. For more information on the glass blowing classes offered, email info@sonoranglass.org or call (520) 884-7814.
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Police investigating ‘targeted’ arson at Wis. anti-abortion office
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - Police are continuing to investigate after they say someone threw a Molotov cocktail, ignited a fire and vandalized an anti-abortion group’s office in Madison, Wisconsin.
The Madison Fire Department received reports of flames at the Wisconsin Family Action office at approximately 6 a.m. Sunday, police say. Firefighters were able to quickly put the fire out. No injuries were reported.
Upon further investigation, police were able to determine that a Molotov cocktail was thrown into the building but did not ignite. They believe a separate fire was started in response, WMTV reports.
Graffiti was also found at the scene. The words “If abortions aren’t safe then you aren’t either” were painted on the outside of the building, as well as an “A” symbol with the numbers “1312.″
Federal investigators have been briefed on this incident.
Wisconsin Family Action is an anti-abortion and pro-life organization, but President Julaine Appling said she never thought those who oppose their views would take things this far.
“We’ve done nothing to warrant this,” Appling said. “Nothing to warrant a direct threat because of our position on life.”
Appling said she does not feel safe at the office anymore, and she’s worried about her pro-life friends as abortion uncertainty continues in Wisconsin and the entire United States.
“That’s not the America I know. That’s not how we respond,” she said. “If we’re truly tolerant, then we should be able to share our opinions without threats to people’s safety and security.”
She’s not sure if the organization will move locations or stay at the office campus on the northeast side of Madison.
“I’ll tell you one thing: I don’t want to be bullied into a move,” Appling said. “But I have the security of my team. That’s my responsibility. I have to be concerned about that, so we’re going to have to take a very, very close look at next steps.”
Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes said in a statement, “Our department has and continues to support people being able to speak freely and openly about their beliefs. But we feel that any acts of violence, including the destruction of property, do not aid in any cause.”
Gov. Tony Evers echoed their words, saying on Twitter, “We reject violence against any person for disagreeing with another’s view.”
Sen. Ron Johnson said on Twitter this incident “is abhorrent and should be condemned by all.”
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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan is expected to roll out legislation to address issues related to the border crisis, Big Tech censorship, and the Justice Department and FBI's alleged abuse of power, once the panel completes investigations on these issues, a senior GOP aide told Fox News Digital.
The aide said that Jordan and the main committee are "laser-focused" on these probes, and noted that "many of these investigations have sub-investigations that are being looked into as well."
"Americans can be confident that after these investigations, Chairman Jordan will introduce thoughtful legislation to fix the problems regular Americans see on a daily basis," the aide said.
The aide said that Jordan is "very committed to shining a light on DOJ and FBI abuses that have been brought before his office by various whistleblowers." Jordan has also stressed a commitment to protect whistleblowers after their disclosures.
WHITE HOUSE PLEDGES TO WORK IN ‘GOOD FAITH’ WITH GOP AS IT INVESTIGATES DOJ TARGETING OF PARENTS
Republicans took the majority of the House of Representatives in the 118th Congress last month. Jordan became chair of the Judiciary Committee and immediately launched his investigations.
The Judiciary Committee’s first hearing, which took place in February, was focused on the crisis at the southern U.S. border. It examined border security, national security and how fentanyl has affected Americans across the country.
JORDAN SUBPOENAS BIG TECH CEOS FOR RECORDS ON 'COLLUSION' WITH BIDEN ADMIN TO 'SUPPRESS FREE SPEECH'
Republicans have made it clear that they intend to zero in on the Biden administration’s handling of the border crisis, which they blame for a record number of migrant encounters that reached 250,000 in December alone.
Sources told Fox News last month that nearly 300,000 illegal immigrants are known to have slipped past overwhelmed Border Patrol agents since the beginning of fiscal 2023, which began in October.
Jordan’s committee is also investigating the Justice Department and FBI’s alleged "misuse of federal criminal and counterterrorism resources" to target parents at school board meetings.
Jordan has subpoenaed Attorney General Merrick Garland, FBI Director Christopher Wray and Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona for documents and records referring to meetings with U.S. attorneys’ offices in accordance with Garland’s Oct. 4, 2021 memo, which directed the FBI to partner with local law enforcement and U.S. attorneys to identify parental threats at school board meetings against faculty and "prosecute them when appropriate."
HOUSE JUDICIARY SUBPOENAS FBI DIRECTOR WRAY ON TARGETING OF PARENTS AT SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS
Simultaneously, Jordan's committee has been probing Big Tech censorship and bias against conservatives.
Jordan subpoenaed Alphabet [Google] CEO Sundar Pichai, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Meta [Facebook] CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to turn over records by March 23.
The subpoenas compel the CEOsto produce documents relating to the government’s alleged "collusion" with Big Tech companies to "suppress free speech."
"Congress has an important role in protecting and advancing fundamental free speech principles, including by examining how private actors coordinate with the government to suppress First Amendment-protected speech," Jordan's office said. "These subpoenas are the first step in holding Big Tech accountable."
A Microsoft spokesperson told Fox News Digital that they "have started producing documents, are engaged with the Committee, and committed to working in good faith."
A Meta spokesperson told Fox News Digital that the company has "already begun producing documents in response to the committee’s requests and will continue to do so moving forward."
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KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree Thursday imposing personal sanctions on Russian leaders, including President Vladimir Putin and all sitting ministers.
The sanctions, approved by Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, target all members of Russia’s government and security council, as well as the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov. They ban entry to Ukraine, revoke visas and permits, and block financial assets.
The decree came into force on Thursday, according to a copy published on the website of the Ukrainian presidency. Zelenskyy also signed a directive sanctioning 236 Russian universities and their leaders.
Russia's education minister said in response that Moscow will not be deterred.
“Today’s decision by the Kyiv regime speaks to its inadequacy and inability to control the situation. It’s a gesture of desperation, which cannot prevent the integration of Donbas and the liberated territories into a single educational space with Russia,” Sergey Kravtsov told the Interfax agency.
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KEY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR:
— War rap: In Ukraine, an angry voice for a furious generation
— Smashed buildings in Mariupol produce 'caravan of death'
— Russia, Turkey back plan to export grains; Ukraine doubtful
— UN report: Ukraine war is increasing suffering of millions
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MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin says foreign companies that have left Russia will regret their decision.
“In today’s conditions, when someone jumped off somewhere, left, chose to stop some activity here, they will regret it,” he declared at a meeting with young entrepreneurs in Moscow.
“They will regret it, not because we threaten anyone,” Putin continued. “They will regret it because Russia is a country with great potential, really.”
Putin also appeared to claim that the exodus of foreign firms from Russia was evidence of U.S. domination over other Western states and economies.
“Many regret that they have to leave. This is all a manifestation of the internal state of these countries that cannot make sovereign decisions,” he added.
He then reiterated that Russia is “a sovereign country that should be looking to the future.”
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MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin spoke of Russia’s need to “take back (territory) and defend itself” Thursday in a speech in which he compared himself to Peter the Great.
Speaking at a meeting with young entrepreneurs in Moscow, Putin drew parallels between the conquering monarch’s founding of St. Petersburg and his government’s annexation of territory.
“When he founded the new capital, no European country recognized it as Russia. Everybody recognized it as Sweden,” Putin said. “And Slavic people had always lived there along with Finno-Ugric people, and the territory was under the control of the Russian state.”
“What was he doing? Taking back and reinforcing. That’s what he did. And it looks like it fell on us to take back and reinforce as well,” he said.
Putin also appeared to leave the door open for further territorial expansion, while asserting Russia’s sovereignty.
“There is no state in between. A country is either sovereign or a colony,” he said.
“It’s impossible — do you understand — impossible to build a fence around a country like Russia. And we do not intend to build that fence,” Putin added.
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KYIV, Ukraine — Russian troops are trying to resume their offensive on Ukraine’s southern Zaporizhzhia region in order to capture it completely, a top Ukrainian military official said Thursday.
Oleksei Gromov, deputy chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ General Staff, said Russian forces are likely to strike out from the southern Kherson region, which is majority-controlled by Moscow, towards neighboring Zaporizhzhia.
“The enemy has focused on holding the lines, but at the same time does not cease (its) attempts to resume the offensive in these areas, probably in order to reach the administrative borders of the Zaporizhzhia region,” Gromov said in a briefing hosted by Ukraine’s state Ukrinform agency.
The southern part of Zaporizhzhia, including two major cities and a key nuclear plant, was overrun by Moscow’s troops in the early weeks of the war, and remains in Russian hands. Kyiv continues to hold the north of the region, including the capital city of Zaporizhzhia, which was previously a staging post for evacuees from the ruined port of Mariupol.
Gromov did not rule out a Russian assault on the southern Mykolayiv region, which likewise borders Kherson, and the key cultural hub of Odesa, further west along Ukraine’s Black Sea coast. He did not provide further information regarding any such planned attacks.
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WASHINGTON — A resolution urging NATO to quickly admit Finland and Sweden won easy passage in the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday, in a signal of bipartisan support from lawmakers.
Democrats and Republicans on the committee approved the measure supporting the expansion and urging other NATO states to swiftly admit the two Nordic states by voice vote, with no voiced objections.
Thursday’s vote had been seen as a test of Republican lawmakers’ stand on the expansion, which President Joe Biden has thrown his support behind.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine prompted Finland and Sweden to end longstanding policies of military non-alignment and apply to join the 30-member U.S. and European defensive alliance. Biden encouraged the two countries’ application and welcomed their leaders to the White House in May to celebrate it.
Unexpected opposition from NATO member Turkey has clouded what had been expected to be quick ascension to the bloc by the two countries. Turkey says it objects to the two countries’ stances regarding the Middle East’s Kurdish minority.
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LONDON — The British government says it is “deeply concerned” that two U.K. nationals captured while fighting with the Ukrainian military have been sentenced to death.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s spokesman Jamie Davies said Thursday that under the Geneva Conventions prisoners of war are entitled to combatant immunity and “shouldn’t be exploited for political purposes.”
He said: “We will continue to work with Ukrainian authorities to secure the release of any British nationals who were serving in the Ukrainian armed forces and are being held as prisoners of war.”
British Foreign Secretary Luz Truss tweeted: “I utterly condemn the sentencing of Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner held by Russian proxies in eastern Ukraine. They are prisoners of war. This is a sham judgment with absolutely no legitimacy.”
A court in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic found Aslin, Pinner, as well as Saaudun Brahim of Morocco, guilty of taking action toward a violent overthrow of power, an offense punishable by death in the internationally unrecognized rebel-held territory in Ukraine’s Donbas region.
Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reported Thursday that the three will face a firing squad. They have a month to appeal.
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A court in separatist-controlled territory of eastern Ukraine sentenced two British citizens and a Moroccan man to death for fighting on Ukraine’s side in the war with Russia.
The three men fought alongside Ukrainian troops and surrendered to Russian forces weeks ago.
A court in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic found them guilty of taking action toward a violent overthrow of power, an offense punishable by death in the internationally unrecognized rebel-held territory in Ukraine’s Donbas region.
The three were also convicted of mercenary activities and terrorism.
Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reported Thursday that the three — Aiden Aslin, Shaun Pinner and Saaudun Brahim — are set to face a firing squad. They have a month to appeal.
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PODGORICA, Montenegro — Montenegro’s prime minister says he has spoken on the phone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and expressed readiness to visit Kyiv.
Dritan Abazovic also told Zelenskyy on Thursday that he will suggest to other leaders of countries in the Western Balkans that they should all travel to Ukraine together to show support.
Small Montenegro in 2017 defied Russia’s strong opposition to join NATO, and is viewed as the next in line for EU membership.
The country, along with North Macedonia and Bulgaria, prevented the visit of Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to neighboring Serbia earlier this week by refusing to grant permit for his plane to fly through their airspace.
Abazovic hopes that Ukraine, too, will soon become a formal EU candidate, said a statement from his office. Abazovic offered Montenegro’s help on Ukraine’s accession path.
The statement also says that Zelenskyy invited Abazovic to visit Kyiv as soon as possible.
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KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s top military official says the situation on the frontline is “very difficult” and calls for “very quick” weapon supplies.
Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said in a Facebook post Thursday that every day up to 100 Ukrainian troops are killed and up to 500 end up wounded.
He said Kyiv needs heavy weapons, as well as aircraft and air defense systems quickly.
“We proved that we don’t fear the Kremlin, unlike many others. But we as a country can’t afford to bleed, losing our best sons and daughters,” Reznikov wrote.
He said that Russia “continues to press by sheer mass,” suffering “huge casualties” as well.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said earlier that every day 60-100 Ukrainian servicemen die on the frontline and some 500 sustain wounds.
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BRUSSELS — Senior members of the European Union’s parliament are urging EU leaders to make Ukraine and neighboring Moldova official candidates for joining the 27-nation bloc.
Political group leaders in the European Parliament said Thursday that the EU “must be a reliable partner and a credible geopolitical actor that lives up to its principles and values by showing solidarity with those who stand up for the same ideals.”
The EU’s executive branch, the European Commission, is drafting an opinion on the membership requests of Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia. In recent years, the commission repeatedly expressed concern about corruption in Ukraine and the need for deep political and economic reforms.
The official opinion will be weighed by EU leaders at a June 23-24 summit in Brussels. Several leaders are wary of opening the door to Ukraine, although acquiring full membership would take the country many years.
The parliamentary group leaders say that giving Ukraine and Moldova EU candidate status would mark “the start to a merit-based process” for joining. They also urged EU leaders “to work towards granting the same status to Georgia.”
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MOSCOW — Russia’s defense ministry says it used air-launched missiles to destroy a Ukrainian military base where foreign fighters allegedly were being trained.
Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said Thursday that the training center was in the Zhytomyr region of central Ukraine, about 125 kilometers (75 miles) west of Kyiv.
There was no immediate comment from Ukraine to the Russian claims. Russia refers to foreign fighters who joined Ukrainian troops in the war as ‘mercenaries.’
Konashenkov said Russian missiles also destroyed an ammunition depot and an anti-aircraft system elsewhere in Ukraine.
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KYIV, Ukraine — The governor of eastern Ukraine's Luhansk province says Russian forces are employing “scorched-earth tactics” against the city of Sievierodonetsk, hitting it with rockets, artillery and mortars.
Serhiy Haidai also told The Associated Press on Thursday that neighboring Lysychansk is enduring “day and night shelling." Russians are trying to storm the key road connecting Lysychansk and the city of Bakhmut but have failed to gain control of it, he said.
Haidai says Ukraine still “remains able to deliver humanitarian supplies to the region by a relatively safe route.”
Ukraine's east has been the main focus of Russia's attacks for more than two months.
Haidai said there were two attacks on a chemical plant and “fierce battles" continue in Sievierodonetsk.
“Street battles are taking place with varied success in city blocks,” the governor said. "The army of Ukraine is fighting for every street and house.”
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PARIS — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia’s invasion of his country is a threat to the environment and could lead to dangerous pollution in the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea.
Zelenskyy made the comments at a ministerial meeting of the Paris-based Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. He used the platform to impress on ministers the need to wean states off Russian natural gas in favor of green energy.
The Black Sea and the Sea of Azov border both Ukraine and Russia. The Black Sea also borders Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania and Turkey.
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BERLIN — Poland’s president has sharply criticized phone calls the leaders of France and Germany had with Vladimir Putin, saying the conversations serve only to legitimize the Russian leader.
French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz have spoken to Putin several times since Russia invaded Ukraine, both separately and together, in attempts to nudge him toward ending the war.
Polish President Andrzej Duda was quoted Thursday as telling Germany’s Bild newspaper that he’s “astonished” by the calls.
Duda argued they achieve nothing and “only bring about a legitimization of a person who is responsible for the crimes the Russian army is committing in Ukraine.”
Bild quoted Duda as adding: “Did anyone talk like this with Adolf Hitler during World War II? Did anyone say that Adolf Hitler must save face? … I have not heard such voices.”
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Will Enhance Security Program to Support Safety of Residents, Communities, and Team Members
ATLANTA, July 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Progress Residential, the nation's leading single-family rental (SFR) management services platform, today announced Matthew Horace as its Chief Security Officer. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Mr. Horace will be responsible for enhancing and overseeing a comprehensive security program for Progress Residential, which services more than 250,000 residents across approximately 100,000 homes.
Mr. Horace brings nearly 35 years of experience in the security industry and demonstrated success building, leading, and overseeing global, enterprise-wide security programs, including as inaugural Chief Security Officer for two large companies in complex private industries. Mr. Horace was most recently Chief Security Officer at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He previously served as the first Chief Security Officer for Dominion Voting Systems and, before that, as the first Chief Security Officer and Chief Information Officer for FJC Security Service. Mr. Horace began his career in law enforcement, most recently serving as a Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
"Matt's risk-based, community-oriented approach to security, and deep experience with physical security, cybersecurity, and public safety issues make him an outstanding leader for our security program," said Adolfo Villagomez, Chief Executive Officer of Progress Residential. "As our new Chief Security Officer, Matt brings a track record of success as a security executive in both government and private company roles, and we are confident he will be able to implement security best practices on a national scale. We look forward to Matt joining our team to help ensure the safety and security of our residents, communities, and team members."
"Progress Residential's dedication to fostering strong communities and providing access to quality housing is exceptional," said Mr. Horace. "This team has a clear vision for their security ambitions that aligns with my personal goals to extend beyond security into community building. Having worked across the United States and around the globe, I believe that I can make a difference with Progress Residential, safeguarding residents and their communities."
Mr. Horace is an active member of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, the International Associations of Chiefs of Police, the International Security Management Association, ASIS International, and the Overseas Advisory Council. He earned a Master of Arts in Human Resources, Training and Development from Seton Hall University and a Bachelor of Arts in English from Delaware State University.
Progress Residential is a market leader in intelligent single-family rental management services, with people, technology, scale and data-driven solutions that streamline operations, optimize asset performance, and provide an exceptional renting and living experience for our residents. Progress Residential's approximately 2,500 employees currently manage approximately 100,000 homes across 30 markets. Progress Residential also offers third-party property management service for investors with mid-to-large single-family rental home portfolios and Built to Rent communities through its Progress Residential Management Services. For more information, please visit www.rentprogress.com
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Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute in Albuquerque, also known as SIPI, celebrated its 50th anniversary Tuesday with a visit by U.S. Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland. She reflected on the achievements of the community college and how her agency is working to designate it as a new voter registration agency.
Haaland said SIPI is a leader in Indian education and an integral place for Indigenous students.
“When we feel we are part of a community, we see why it is so important to leave the ladder down behind us for the next generation to climb,” she told the crowd.
The visit coincided with National Voter Registration Day and Haaland said the new designation will help expand voting access for enrolled students and community members.
“No matter who you vote for the act of voting, standing up and saying I will be counted, it matters,” Haaland said.
The Interior Department is working to designate SIPI and Haskell Indian University in Kansas as voter registration agencies.
Under the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, voter registration agencies distribute voter registration applications, offer assistance for applicants completing these forms, and send completed applications to state election officials.
Last year President Joe Biden directed the head of each federal agency to evaluate ways to encourage voter registration.
This move by Interior to designate SIPI and Haskell follows the March release of the White House’s Native American Voting Rights Report, which found barriers to Native people voting and made recommendations for removing those barriers.
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Naomi Judd died of self-inflicted wound, family says
(Gray News) - Ashley Judd said in an interview shown Thursday that her mother, country music legend Naomi Judd, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
She shared the cause of death in an interview with Diane Sawyer that aired on “Good Morning America.” She said the family wanted the world to hear it from them before it became public another way and to shed light on mental illness, per CNN.
“She used a weapon,” Ashley Judd said. “A firearm. So that’s the piece of information we are very uncomfortable sharing.”
She also said she was the one who had discovered her mother after the gunshot.
Ashley and Wynonna Judd announced her death Saturday in a statement provided to The Associated Press.
“Today we sisters experienced a tragedy. We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness,” the statement said. “We are shattered. We are navigating profound grief and know that as we loved her, she was loved by her public. We are in unknown territory.”
Naomi Judd died near Nashville, Tennessee, said a statement on behalf of her husband and fellow singer, Larry Strickland. It said no further details about her death would be released and asked for privacy as the family grieves.
The Country Music Hall of Fame continued with a planned induction ceremony for The Judds on Sunday.
“Naomi overcame incredible adversity on her way to a significant place in music history. Her triumphant life story overshadows today’s tragic news,” said Hall of Fame CEO Kyle Young in a statement. “Her family has asked that we continue with The Judds’ official Hall of Fame induction on Sunday. We will do so, with heavy hearts and weighted minds. Naomi and daughter Wynonna’s music will endure.”
They had also just announced an arena tour to begin in the fall, their first tour together in over a decade.
The mother-daughter performers scored 14 No. 1 songs in a career that spanned nearly three decades. The red-headed duo combined the traditional Appalachian sounds of bluegrass with polished pop stylings, scoring hit after hit in the 1980s. Wynonna led the duo with her powerful vocals, while Naomi provided harmonies and stylish looks on stage.
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OKOLONA, Miss (WTVA) -- A building that has been a part of Main Street in Okolona for since 1921 was close to being demolished, but Magnolia Renovations and Construction, LLC is on a mission to save it.
The building, which houses Holland Funeral Directors, was threatened when the neighboring building was demolished by contractors. That building, the old Johnson building, was connected to Holland Funeral through its rafters. The demolition left a gaping hole on the side of their building.
"Two engineers later came out and they determined that both buildings were condemned," says Magnolia owner Robert Maharrey. "And it would be almost impossible to save or salvage."
But Maharrey says he confident he can save the building, and bring it back to its former glory.
Maharrey says they have already completed stage one of the project and are ready to begin the second stage, which includes removing the bricks from the side of the building and replacing the top of the wall.
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IRS whistleblowers will testify to Congress as they claim ‘slow-walking’ of the Hunter Biden case
WASHINGTON (AP) — Whistleblowers claiming the Justice Department improperly interfered with a yearslong investigation into Hunter Biden will testify before Congress on Wednesday as House Republicans accelerate their probes into the president and his family.
Leaders of the House Judiciary, Oversight and Accountability, and Ways and Means committees will lead a hearing with two Internal Revenue Service employees — Greg Shapley and an as-yet-unnamed “whistleblower x” — who claim there was a pattern of “slow-walking investigative steps” into Hunter Biden, including delayed enforcement actions in the months before the 2020 election won by Joe Biden.
It will be the first public testimony from the two IRS agents assigned to the federal case into President Joe Biden’s youngest son, Hunter, which was focused on tax and gun charges. The second agent, whose name was withheld in interview transcripts released by Republicans, is expected to have his identity revealed at the hearing.
The congressional inquiry into the Justice Department’s case against Hunter Biden was launched last month, days after it was announced that the younger Biden will plead guilty to the misdemeanor tax offenses as part of an agreement with federal prosecutors.
The House Ways and Means Committee voted to publicly disclose hundreds of pages of testimony from the IRS employees in which they described several roadblocks agents on the case faced when trying to interview individuals relevant to the case or issue search warrants.
One of Shapley’s most explosive claims was that U.S. Attorney David Weiss in Delaware, the federal prosecutor who led the investigation, asked to be provided special counsel status in order to bring the tax cases against Hunter Biden in jurisdictions outside Delaware, including Washington, D.C., and California, but was denied.
Both Weiss and the Justice Department have vehemently denied such claims, saying that he had “full authority” of the case and never sought to bring charges in other states.
The second IRS whistleblower described his persistent frustrations with the way the case was handled, dating back to the Trump administration under Attorney General William Barr. He said he started the investigation into Hunter Biden in 2015 and began to delve deeply into his life and finances. Republicans have also sought testimony from other agents involved in the case but have been mostly unsuccessful thus far.
Republicans, including the three chairmen —Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio, James Comer of Kentucky and Jason Smith of Missouri — have sought to paint the Justice Department’s case as rife with political interference and bias.
They have also called the plea agreement Hunter Biden made with prosecutors to likely avoid jail time a “sweetheart deal.”
Ahead of the hearing, Comer acknowledged it has been difficult for Republicans to succinctly outline Hunter Biden’s tangled financial affairs or to provide convincing evidence of any specific wrongdoing by the president or his family.
“It’s so hard to explain,” Comer told reporters at the Capitol.
“Hopefully these IRS agents can do a better job explaining than I can,” he said.
High-ranking officials at the Justice Department have countered these claims by pointing to the extraordinary set of circumstances surrounding a criminal case into a subject who at the time was the son of a leading presidential candidate.
And it remains unclear how much of the conflict the whistleblowers describe amounts to internal disagreement about how to pursue the wide-ranging probe or a pattern of interference and preferential treatment. Department policy has long warned prosecutors to take care in charging cases with potential political overtones around the time of an election, to avoid any possible influence on the outcome.
In one specific case, Shapley described IRS agents’ efforts to execute a search warrant of a storage facility in Virginia where the younger Biden’s documents were being stored. He said that the assistant U.S. attorney involved in the case reached out to Hunter Biden’s lawyers, in a move that is seen as customary in cases involving high-profile individuals, but it ruined “our chance to get to evidence before being destroyed, manipulated, or concealed.”
A similar occurrence happened when the FBI officials notified Hunter Biden’s Secret Service detail ahead of an effort to interview him and several of his business associates in order to avoid a potential shoot-off between two law enforcement bodies.
Democrats in the House have also pointed out that Weiss was appointed to his post by former President Donald Trump and the federal investigation into Hunter Biden was initiated by Trump’s Justice Department. Biden kept Weiss on the case when he won the election.
Nonetheless. Republicans have moved full steam ahead, issuing a series of requests for voluntary testimony from senior officials at the Justice Department, FBI and Internal Revenue Service, including Weiss. They have also requested a special counsel review of supposed retaliation against the whistleblowers who came forward with the claims.
Weiss wrote in a letter to Jordan earlier this month that he would be happy to testify before the committee when he is legally able to share information with Congress without violating the longstanding department policy of discussing an ongoing investigation.
Testimony from Justice Department officials could come after Hunter Biden appears for his plea hearing next week.
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Associated Press writer Lisa Mascaro contributed to this report.
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Payment guarantee solution aims to increase order approval rates, eliminate chargeback risks and provide a frictionless shopping experience
SINGAPORE, Jan. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Vesta, a leading global transaction guarantee platform for online purchases, today announced its partnership with Blibli, a pioneer in Indonesian omnichannel commerce and lifestyle ecosystems, to increase approval rates through its proven payment guarantee product.
Using advanced machine learning techniques, AI and global consortium data, Vesta is protecting all of Blibli's card-not-present (CNP) transactions through full decisioning and transaction guarantee services, eliminating the risk of chargebacks. This will allow Blibli to deliver a more secure and frictionless shopping experience to their loyal customers, while opening categories that were previously considered too risky.
"Vesta is aligned with Blibli's vision to be the most trusted omnichannel commerce and lifestyle platform," said Emilia Susanti, SVP of Strategic Operations for Blibli, adding, "Payment security is key to increasing our customers' trust in transacting on our platform, leading to more growth and stickiness."
Based on the study by Frost & Sullivan and Euromonitor, eCommerce in Indonesia is projected to reach US$150 billion by 2025. As one of the leading and most trusted omnichannel commerce and lifestyle platforms in Indonesia, Blibli recorded approximately IDR32.4 trillion (equivalent to US$2.2 billion) of Total Processing Value (TPV) in 2021.
Blibli provides over 30 million carefully curated products coming from more than 280,000 trusted merchant business partners. Additionally, Blibli can also accept various payment from more than 20 issuing bank partners in Indonesia and more than 30,000 issuing banks worldwide, and Fintechs. As an ecommerce platform that focuses on customer, service, and quality, Blibli delights more than 31 million members across Indonesia.
"We're thrilled to help ecommerce giants like Blibli positively impact their customer experience and trust with zero-risk decisioning in real time," said Vesta GM APAC, Shabab Muhaddes. "In APAC, digital merchants are rejecting too many good customer transactions due to the fear of fraud, and Vesta solves that pain point with our real-time decision platform and our Payment Guarantee solution."
About PT Global Digital Niaga Tbk (Blibli)
Established in 2011, PT Global Digital Niaga Tbk ("Blibli" or the "Company"; IDX: "BELI") is a pioneer and leading omnichannel commerce and lifestyle ecosystem in Indonesia, focusing on serving digitally connected retail and institutions consumers nationwide. Blibli provides an integrated and seamless online and offline consumer experience through its e-commerce platform and by operating physical stores for some leading brand partners. In addition, Blibli also manages to collaborate with more than 27,000 stores adopting Blibli Instore and Click & Collect, as well as supported by its fulfillment infrastructure, including developed nationwide warehouses and logistics networks and enhance the last-mile delivery service from its first-party logistics (1PL) – Blibli Express Services (BES), and numerous third-party logistics (3PL) partners. For more information, visit https://about.blibli.com/en.
About Vesta
Vesta is a global transaction guarantee company for online purchases, delivering unparalleled approval rates and a frictionless customer experience while eliminating chargebacks and other forms of digital fraud. Differentiated by its sophisticated data science and 25+ years of experience, Vesta brings a deep understanding of some of the world's most serious threats and challenging markets. Leading brands in ecommerce, travel, financial services, and telco rely on Vesta to provide accurate decisions and 100% guaranteed transaction and revenue protection in real time. For more information visit www.vesta.io.
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Resilient US consumers spend slightly more in August
WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumers spent a bit more in August than the previous month, a sign the economy is holding up even as inflation lifts prices for food, rent, and other essentials.
Americans boosted their spending at stores and for services such as haircuts by 0.4% in August, after it fell 0.2% in July, the Commerce Department said Friday. The government’s report also showed that an inflation gauge closely monitored by the Federal Reserve rose 0.3% last month, faster than July.
The figures suggest that the economy is showing some resilience despite sharply rising interest rates, violent swings in the stock market, and high inflation. On Thursday the government confirmed that the economy shrank in the first six months of the year.
Still, there were signs that rising prices are weighing on shoppers. Consumer spending, adjusted for inflation, rose at an annual rate of 2% in the April-June quarter. Yet July and August data indicate that spending is on track to slow to about 0.5% annual growth in the July-September quarter, economists said.
Compared with a year ago, prices jumped 6.2%, down from a 6.4% annual gain in July. The figure is lower than the more widely-known consumer price index, released earlier this month, which reported an 8.3% price gain in August from a year earlier.
The two indexes differ for several reasons. For example, the consumer price index puts much greater weight on rents and housing costs, which have been rising steadily, than the measure released Friday, known as the price index for personal consumption expenditures.
Excluding the volatile food and energy categories, core prices rose 0.6%, much faster than July’s flat reading. They increased 4.9% from a year earlier, up from July’s figure of 4.6%.
Adjusted for inflation, consumer spending ticked up 0.1% last month, after falling slightly in July.
The inflation figures in Friday’s report echoed those released earlier this month, with core prices rising more quickly than headline inflation. Falling gas prices have reduced overall inflation, while stubbornly high costs for housing, cars, and services such as health care and hair cuts have pushed core prices higher.
Even adjusted for inflation, consumer spending ticked up 0.1% last month, after falling slightly in July.
Friday’s report also showed that personal income rose 0.3% in August for the second month in a row. Adjusted for price increases, disposable income -- what is leftover after taxes -- ticked up 0.1%, after a hefty 0.5% gain in July. Those income gains will help fuel spending.
But over a longer time frame, incomes are trailing inflation. In the April-June quarter, inflation-adjusted disposable income fell 1.5% at an annual rate.
The Federal Reserve is seeking to wrestle inflation under control with its most rapid series of interest rate hikes in four decades. It has pushed its benchmark short-term rate to a range of 3% to 3.25%, the highest since early 2008, up from nearly zero in March.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell and other officials have repeatedly underscored the Fed’s determination to bring prices down, even if their rate hikes result in layoffs and a higher unemployment rate.
The Fed intends its interest rate increases to slow borrowing and spending, which should in turn reduce inflation pressures in the economy.
Inflation has spiked globally, contributing to economic and financial turmoil in the United Kingdom, Europe, and a slew of developing countries, from Turkey to Argentina.
Also Friday, the 19 countries that use the euro currency reported that inflation spiked 10% from a year earlier, as prices for natural gas and electricity soared. European countries are struggling with an energy crunch in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as Russia has reduced its supplies of natural gas to the European Union.
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Simpleview and Satisfi Labs will offer AI and live chat to DMOs
TUCSON, Ariz., Nov. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Simpleview, the leading provider of CRM, CMS, and marketing solutions for destinations worldwide, is excited to announce its new partnership with Satisfi Labs, a trusted conversational Artificial Intelligence (AI) and live chat platform for tourism, entertainment, and sports industries.
The integration between Satisfi Labs and Simpleview's customer relationship management (CRM) and content management system (CMS) allows DMOs to seamlessly answer website visitors' questions about listings, events, health and safety measures, transportation and parking, and more. The DMO-specific AI chat solution provides accurate, real-time information through a web or mobile chat experience.
The Simpleview and Satisfi Labs partnership will expand how DMOs can communicate with their website visitors, which will help them influence traffic and satisfy customer needs during or after business hours.
"We are thrilled that this partnership will connect our clients with Satisfi Labs' AI and live chat services," said Greg Evans, Chief Revenue Officer of Simpleview. "Satisfi Labs has excelled at helping destinations communicate with visitors and build stronger relationships with partners, which aligns with Simpleview's goal to provide DMOs with the best technology and tools in the industry."
"Visitors want to get answers digitally 24/7, which is why destinations are investing in conversational channels to meet visitor demand," said Don White, Chief Executive Officer of Satisfi Labs. "We are excited to partner with Simpleview to provide an automated and scalable solution that leverages Simpleview's CMS and is specifically tailored to help visitors converse with DMOs."
Simpleview is a leading provider of CRM, CMS, website design, digital marketing services, and data insights for convention bureaus, venues, tourism boards, destination marketing organizations (DMOs), and attractions. The company employs staff across the globe, serving clients of all sizes, including small towns, world capitals, top meeting destinations, and countries across multiple continents.
Satisfi Labs is the most trusted conversational AI platform for sports, entertainment, and tourism. Their AI Chat product allows brands to have automated, consistent, scalable, and on-brand conversations with their customers. Continuous learning from the community creates a data superior platform that can respond to customer questions, execute real-time transactions, and collect unique data. Combining Satisfi's AI Chat and Live Chat, brands can maximize marketing efforts, save staff hours, and influence revenue across conversational channels. With major investments from Google, Major League Baseball, TechStars, and Florida Funders. More information can be found at www.satisfilabs.com.
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A jury in Texas has cleared American Airlines of responsibility for an alleged sexual assault by a celebrity chef it hired against one of its flight attendants. In the verdict on Wednesday, jurors in the civil lawsuit concluded that an assault occurred but that Fort Worth, Texas-based American was not at fault.
Flight attendant Kimberly Goesling was seeking $25.6 million in damages. The chef, Mark Sargeant, has never been charged with a crime. He reached a confidential settlement with Goesling, who has since retired after 30 years with American.
Some news outlets do not typically name victims of sexual assault, but are doing so in this case because Goesling has spoken openly to the news media about her case and issues of sexual harassment at American Airlines, the Associated Press said.
Sargeant didn't appear at the trial, but jurors saw a video deposition. In 2021 he said that while intoxicated he went to Goesling’s hotel room in the mistaken belief that she was interested in him, but he denied sexually assaulting her. | https://www.abc15.com/news/national/jury-clears-american-airlines-in-alleged-assault-of-flight-attendant-by-a-celebrity-chef | 2022-05-12 02:46:19 | 1 | https://www.abc15.com/news/national/jury-clears-american-airlines-in-alleged-assault-of-flight-attendant-by-a-celebrity-chef |
WFO SPOKANE Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, May 15, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD WATCH
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Spokane WA
906 AM PDT Sun May 15 2022
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM
PDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall due to thunderstorms
is possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Idaho, including the following counties,
Latah, Lewis and Nez Perce. Portions of Southeast Washington,
including the following counties, Asotin, Garfield and Whitman.
* WHEN...From 4 PM this afternoon to 9 PM PDT this evening.
* IMPACTS...2021 burnscars of Lick Creek near Peola, Washington,
Snake River Complex and Bedrock north of Lenore, Idaho will be
susceptible to rapid runoff if thunderstorms track over the burn
areas.
Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams,
and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Flooding may occur in
poor drainage and urban areas. Low-water crossings may be flooded.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Heavy rain potential from thunderstorms is forecast to track
in the watch area.
- https://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
https://www.weather.gov/spokane
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.
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MALMO, Sweden, Sept. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The long-term incentive program for employees ("Warrants Program series 2017/2022:2") implemented at the annual general meeting on May 17, 2017, has resulted in the number of shares and votes in the company having increased during September 2022 by 1,008,696 shares and votes, through conversion of subscription warrants into new shares in the company.
As of September 30, 2022, there are in total 259,559,202 shares and votes in the company.
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Johan Holmqvist
Acting Head of IR and Corporate Communications
Mobile: +46 708 37 66 77
E-mail: johan.holmqvist@aak.com
This is information that AAK AB is obliged to make public pursuant to the Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was submitted for publication at 4:30 p.m. CET on September 30, 2022.
About AAK
Everything AAK does is about Making Better Happen™. We specialize in plant-based oils that are the value-adding ingredients in many of the products people love to consume. We make these products better tasting, healthier, and more sustainable. At the heart of AAK's offer is Customer Co-Development, combining our desire to understand what better means for each customer, with the unique flexibility of our production assets, and a deep knowledge of many products and industries, including Chocolate & Confectionery, Bakery, Dairy, Plant-based Foods, Special Nutrition, Foodservice and Personal Care. Our 4,000 employees support our close collaboration with customers through 25 regional sales offices, 15 dedicated Customer Innovation Centers, and with the support of more than 20 production facilities. Listed on Nasdaq Stockholm and with our headquarters in Malmö, Sweden, AAK has been Making Better Happen for more than 150 years.
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Winter storms ravage US from California to northern plains
(AP) - Dangerous winter weather trapped drivers on icy roads, knocked out power to hundreds of thousands and grounded multiple flights from California through the northern Plains on Thursday.
For the first time since 1989, the National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning through Saturday for Southern California mountains. Forecasters predicted “multiple rounds of new snowfall” with accumulations of up to 3 to 5 feet (0.91 to 1.5 meters) for the Sierra Nevada region.
Rare snow is also expected over some lower foothills and valley areas near the Pacific Coast, the weather service said, “given the depth of cold air that has infiltrated the West.”
The intense moisture in the air also creates an increased risk of flash flooding through Saturday, forecasters said. Some coastal areas could see waves as high as 10 to 14 feet (3 to 4 meters) through Thursday, forecasters said.
The series of storms sowed chaos from coast to coast. At one point Wednesday, more than 65 million people in more than two dozen states were under weather alerts. The weather service said temperatures in some parts of the upper Midwest could reach 40 degrees below average, while high readings on Thursday in the mid-Atlantic and Southeast could get to 40 degrees above average.
The wintry mix hit hard in the northern U.S., closing schools and offices and forcing churches to call off Ash Wednesday services.
In Wyoming, the state Transportation Department posted on social media that roads across much of the southern part of the state were impassable.
Rescuers tried to reach people stranded in vehicles but high winds and drifting snow created a “near-impossible situation” for them, said Sgt. Jeremy Beck of the Wyoming Highway Patrol.
In the Pacific Northwest, high winds and heavy snow in the Cascade Mountains prevented search teams from reaching the bodies of three climbers killed in an avalanche on Washington’s Colchuck Peak over the weekend.
Unexpectedly heavy snow during afternoon rush hour Wednesday sent dozens of cars spinning out in Portland, Oregon, and caused hourslong traffic jams. The regional bus service offered free rides to warming shelters for homeless individuals.
In Arizona, several interstates and other highways were closed due to high winds, falling temperatures and blowing snow. the Arizona Department of Transportation advised people not to travel. Forecasters said snow could fall at a rate of 2 to 3 inches (5 to 8 centimeters) per hour on Thursday.
In California, a blizzard warning was in effect through Saturday for higher elevations of the Sierra Nevada, where forecasters said conditions could include several feet of snow blown by 60-mph (96-kph) gusts and wind chill could drop the temperature to minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 40 Celsius).
In Sacramento, the state capital, the weather service said it had received reports of something that might be either hail or graupel — soft, wet snowflakes encased in supercooled water droplets.
Electrical grids took a beating in the north as heavy ice accumulations and gusty winds knocked down power lines. In California, lines were fouled with tree branches and other debris.
In southwestern Michigan, a firefighter in the village of Paw Paw died Wednesday after coming in contact with a downed power line, authorities said. Van Buren County Sheriff Dan Abbott called it a tragic accident that was “no fault of the firefighter.”
More than 681,000 customers were without power in Michigan; over 84,000 in Illinois; over 58,000 in Wisconsin; about 42,000 in California and about 32,000 in New York State as of Thursday morning, according to the website PowerOutage.us.
Weather also contributed to nearly 1,800 U.S. flight cancellations on Wednesday and another 759 by Thursday morning, according to the tracking service FlightAware. Another 6,000-plus flights were delayed across the country.
At Denver International Airport, Taylor Dotson, her husband, Reggie, and their 4-year-old daughter, Raegan, faced a two-hour flight delay to Nashville on their way home to Belvidere, Tennessee.
Reggie Dotson was in Denver to interview for a job as an airline pilot.
“I think that’s kind of funny that we’ve experienced these types of delays when that’s what he’s looking into getting into now as a career,” Taylor Dotson said.
Few places were untouched by the wild weather, including some at the opposite extreme: Long-standing record highs were broken in cities in the Midwest, mid-Atlantic and Southeast.
Nashville topped out Wednesday at 80 degrees Fahrenheit (27 degrees Celsius), breaking a 127-year-old record for the date, according to the weather service.
Indianapolis; Cincinnati; Atlanta; Lexington, Kentucky; and Mobile, Alabama, were among many other record-setters.
No warmup was forecast this week, though, in the northern U.S. More than 18 inches (46 centimeters) of snow could pile up in parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin, the National Weather Service said. According to the weather service, the biggest snow event on record in the Twin Cities was 28.4 inches (72 centimeters) from Oct. 31 through Nov. 3, 1991.
As of Thursday morning, the weather service reported 16 inches (41 centimeters) of snow in the Minneapolis suburb of Savage and 10.1 inches (26 centimeters) at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, with only a little more expected. Many roads remain snow-covered and in some cases closed, it said.
“Thankfully this storm didn’t produce the amounts it had the potential to, but it still produced a lot, and combined with the windy conditions it is simply not safe to travel right now,” the weather service tweeted.
Temperatures could plunge as low as minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 29 degrees Celsius) Thursday and to minus 25 Fahrenheit (minus 32 Celsius) Friday in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Wind chills may fall to minus 50 F (minus 46 C), said Nathan Rick, a meteorologist in Grand Forks.
Powerful winter weather will make its way toward the East Coast later this week. Places that don’t get snow may get dangerous amounts of ice, forecasters warned.
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Salter reported from O’Fallon, Missouri. Numerous Associated Press reporters from around the country contributed to this report.
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Opel on Wednesday launched the Astra GSe as the first model in a new range of electrified performance cars.
The range will be sold under the GSe sub-brand, the designation taken from the GSE badge that featured on performance-oriented versions of Opel’s Commodore and Monza in the 1970s and ’80s. Back then the E signified “einspritzung,” the German word for “injection,” but today it stands for “electrified performance.”
The Astra GSe is a plug-in hybrid, with its powertrain consisting of a 1.6-liter turbo-4 and electric motor combo generating a peak 221 hp and 265 lb-ft of torque. A 12.4-kwh battery makes a small electric range possible.
The same powertrain features in the regular Astra, but the GSe combines it with a sport-tuned chassis. Key modifications to the chassis include new springs, Koni adjustable dampers, a 10-mm lower ride, 18-inch light alloys, and recalibrated steering and electronic stability control systems.
The GSe treatment also adds some visual models. In addition to the new wheels, the Astra GSe also sports a new front end. Inside, there are sport seats up front lined in Alcantara.
The Astra GSe can be ordered as both the regular hatch and Sports Tourer wagon.
Sales in markets where Opel operates start later this year.
“The new Astra GSe and new Astra Sports Tourer GSe are the ideal cars for launching our dynamic new sub-brand, in full alignment with our strategy to become an all-electric brand by 2028,” Florian Huettl, Opel’s CEO, said in a statement.
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TEXARKANA, Texas (KTAL/KMSS) – Researchers have an alternative explanation for the “raining fish” that fell from the sky in Texarkana, Texas, last year. According to a study conducted by a pair of independent researchers, it was not a waterspout that dumped fish across a four-mile swath of Texarkana on December 29, 2021. It was nervous birds.
“We are fairly confident we determined the factors that led to fish falling across this area of Texas: A flock of cormorants (and possibly other birds) disgorged their recently consumed meals of small shad while in the air or perhaps during takeoff,” geologist Sharon A. Hill said in a blog post announcing the results of her research, conducted alongside Australian author Paul Cropper.
At the time, the raining fish were believed to be the result of a rare meteorological phenomenon in which a waterspout, moving over a body of water, sucks up small creatures such as fish and frogs, carrying them along until ultimately dropping them over land. The city of Texarkana officially attributed the “raining fish” to this phenomenon in December.
Strong winds created by tornadoes or hurricanes can also send small species raining from the sky, according to the Library of Congress. But Hill, who describes herself as a “Spooky Geologist and Strange Claims Adjuster,” said her research found no evidence that a waterspout swept the fish up and deposited them over Texarkana. In fact, Hill says, there is evidence the fish had been partially digested.
This is one of the reasons Hill says she and Cropper strongly suspected that cormorants had eaten the fish and then regurgitated them. Cormorants are known to regurgitate their food, but the reason for that is unknown.
Hill acknowledges the theory is not foolproof, noting one major flaw that she and Cropper discussed with “bird researchers.”
“We were also well aware of the habit of these fish-eating birds to release their stomach contents either to quickly fly away or to feed their young. This was a known and common behavior that had been observed by bird researchers,” Hill wrote. “But they had never seen it happen during active flight (we asked them). Therefore, this remains a weakness of the hypothesis.”
Texarkana Regional Airport officials, however, did note the presence of cormorants around the time of the storm on Dec. 29, 2021, Hill said.
Hill and Cropper’s findings were published in the Fortean Times magazine, a British monthly which focuses on “news, reviews and research on strange phenomena and experiences, curiosities, prodigies and portents,” according to its subscription page.
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NEW YORK, May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The passive optical network (PON) market is fragmented, and the vendors are deploying growth strategies such as technological innovation to compete in the market. The market size is expected to increase by USD 25.89 bn from 2021 to 2026. Moreover, the growth momentum of the market will at a CAGR of 19.42% accelerate at a CAGR of 19.42%.
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Market Dynamics
The migration from copper to optic fiber is driving the passive optical network (PON) market growth. The growing internet traffic will require the use of better infrastructure to support high transmission speeds to manage this congestion. In addition, as copper wiring can easily be tapped, thus, governments are enabling optic fiber technology for communication purposes.
Factors such as increasing installation and component costs may challenge market growth. For deploying a PON, the major component to install is a fiber-optic line, which is very expensive. Therefore, with the growing cost burden, the adoption of fiber optics is getting hampered, which will limit the demand for PONs in the forecast years.
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Company Profiles
The passive optical network (PON) market report includes information on the product launches, sustainability, and prospects of leading vendors, including ADTRAN Inc., Calix Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., CommScope Inc., Dasan Network Solutions, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., InCoax Networks AB, Mitsubishi Electric Corp., Motorola Solutions Inc., Nokia Corp., NXP Semiconductors NV, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Tellabs Access LLC, Verizon Communications Inc., and ZTE Corp.
Competitive Analysis
The report includes the competitive analysis, a proprietary tool to analyze and evaluate the position of companies based on their industry position score and market performance score. The tool uses various factors for categorizing the players into four categories. Some of these factors considered for analysis are financial performance over the last 3 years, growth strategies, innovation score, new product launches, investments, growth in market share, etc.
Market Segmentation
- By product, the market is classified into GPON and EPON. The GPON segment will have the largest share of the market. GPON has superior attributes such as better user experience, high bandwidth capacity, significant short- and long-term cost savings, safe and secure, faster data rates, and eco-friendly.
- By geography, the market is classified into APAC, North America, Europe, South America, and the Middle East and Africa. APAC will have the largest share of the market. The region will account for 39% of the market's growth during the forecast period. The growing interest of governments of countries such as India and China in deploying fiber optics across the region will drive the passive optical network (PON) market growth in APAC during the forecast period. Market growth in this region will be faster than the growth of the market in South America, Europe, and MEA. China and Japan are the key countries for the passive optical networks (PON) market in APAC.
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Table of Contents
1 Executive Summary
- 1.1 Market overview
- Exhibit 01: Executive Summary – Chart on Market Overview
- Exhibit 02: Executive Summary – Data Table on Market Overview
- Exhibit 03: Executive Summary – Chart on Global Market Characteristics
- Exhibit 04: Executive Summary – Chart on Market by Geography
- Exhibit 05: Executive Summary – Chart on Market Segmentation by Product
- Exhibit 06: Executive Summary – Chart on Incremental Growth
- Exhibit 07: Executive Summary – Data Table on Incremental Growth
- Exhibit 08: Executive Summary – Chart on Vendor Market Positioning
2 Market Landscape
- 2.1 Market ecosystem
- Exhibit 09: Parent market
- Exhibit 10: Market Characteristics
3 Market Sizing
- 3.1 Market definition
- Exhibit 11: Offerings of vendors included in the market definition
- 3.2 Market segment analysis
- Exhibit 12: Market segments
- 3.3 Market size 2021
- 3.4 Market outlook: Forecast for 2021-2026
- Exhibit 13: Chart on Global - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 14: Data Table on Global - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 15: Chart on Global Market: Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 16: Data Table on Global Market: Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
4 Five Forces Analysis
- 4.1 Five forces summary
- Exhibit 17: Five forces analysis - Comparison between2021 and 2026
- 4.2 Bargaining power of buyers
- Exhibit 18: Chart on Bargaining power of buyers – Impact of key factors 2021 and 2026
- 4.3 Bargaining power of suppliers
- Exhibit 19: Bargaining power of suppliers – Impact of key factors in 2021 and 2026
- 4.4 Threat of new entrants
- Exhibit 20: Threat of new entrants – Impact of key factors in 2021 and 2026
- 4.5 Threat of substitutes
- Exhibit 21: Threat of substitutes – Impact of key factors in 2021 and 2026
- 4.6 Threat of rivalry
- Exhibit 22: Threat of rivalry – Impact of key factors in 2021 and 2026
- 4.7 Market condition
- Exhibit 23: Chart on Market condition - Five forces 2021 and 2026
5 Market Segmentation by Product
- 5.1 Market segments
- Exhibit 24: Chart on Product - Market share 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 25: Data Table on Product - Market share 2021-2026 (%)
- 5.2 Comparison by Product
- Exhibit 26: Chart on Comparison by Product
- Exhibit 27: Data Table on Comparison by Product
- 5.3 GPON - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
- Exhibit 28: Chart on GPON - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 29: Data Table on GPON - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 30: Chart on GPON - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 31: Data Table on GPON - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- 5.4 EPON - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
- Exhibit 32: Chart on EPON - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 33: Data Table on EPON - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 34: Chart on EPON - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 35: Data Table on EPON - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- 5.5 Market opportunity by Product
- Exhibit 36: Market opportunity by Product ($ million)
6 Customer Landscape
- 6.1 Customer landscape overview
- Exhibit 37: Analysis of price sensitivity, lifecycle, customer purchase basket, adoption rates, and purchase criteria
7 Geographic Landscape
- 7.1 Geographic segmentation
- Exhibit 38: Chart on Market share by geography 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 39: Data Table on Market share by geography 2021-2026 (%)
- 7.2 Geographic comparison
- Exhibit 40: Chart on Geographic comparison
- Exhibit 41: Data Table on Geographic comparison
- 7.3 APAC - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
- Exhibit 42: Chart on APAC - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 43: Data Table on APAC - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 44: Chart on APAC - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 45: Data Table on APAC - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- 7.4 North America - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
- Exhibit 46: Chart on North America - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 47: Data Table on North America - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 48: Chart on North America - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 49: Data Table on North America - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- 7.5 Europe - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
- Exhibit 50: Chart on Europe - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 51: Data Table on Europe - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 52: Chart on Europe - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 53: Data Table on Europe - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- 7.6 South America - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
- Exhibit 54: Chart on South America - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 55: Data Table on South America - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 56: Chart on South America - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 57: Data Table on South America - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- 7.7 Middle East and Africa - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
- Exhibit 58: Chart on Middle East and Africa - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 59: Data Table on Middle East and Africa - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 60: Chart on Middle East and Africa - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 61: Data Table on Middle East and Africa - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- 7.8 US - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
- Exhibit 62: Chart on US - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 63: Data Table on US - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 64: Chart on US - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 65: Data Table on US - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- 7.9 China - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
- Exhibit 66: Chart on China - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 67: Data Table on China - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 68: Chart on China - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 69: Data Table on China - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- 7.10 UK - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
- Exhibit 70: Chart on UK - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 71: Data Table on UK - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 72: Chart on UK - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 73: Data Table on UK - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- 7.11 Japan - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
- Exhibit 74: Chart on Japan - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 75: Data Table on Japan - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 76: Chart on Japan - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 77: Data Table on Japan - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- 7.12 Germany - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
- Exhibit 78: Chart on Germany - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 79: Data Table on Germany - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 80: Chart on Germany - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 81: Data Table on Germany - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- 7.13 Market opportunity by geography
- Exhibit 82: Market opportunity by geography ($ million)
8 Drivers, Challenges, and Trends
- 8.1 Market drivers
- 8.2 Market challenges
- 8.3 Impact of drivers and challenges
- Exhibit 83: Impact of drivers and challenges in 2021 and 2026
- 8.4 Market trends
9 Vendor Landscape
- 9.1 Overview
- 9.2 Vendor landscape
- Exhibit 84: Overview on Criticality of inputs and Factors of differentiation
- 9.3 Landscape disruption
- Exhibit 85: Overview on factors of disruption
- 9.4 Industry risks
- Exhibit 86: Impact of key risks on business
10 Vendor Analysis
- 10.1 Vendors covered
- Exhibit 87: Vendors covered
- 10.2 Market positioning of vendors
- Exhibit 88: Matrix on vendor position and classification
- 10.3 ADTRAN Inc.
- Exhibit 89: ADTRAN Inc. - Overview
- Exhibit 90: ADTRAN Inc. - Business segments
- Exhibit 91: ADTRAN Inc. - Key offerings
- Exhibit 92: ADTRAN Inc. - Segment focus
- 10.4 Calix Inc.
- Exhibit 93: Calix Inc. - Overview
- Exhibit 94: Calix Inc. - Product / Service
- Exhibit 95: Calix Inc. - Key news
- Exhibit 96: Calix Inc. - Key offerings
- 10.5 Cisco Systems Inc.
- Exhibit 97: Cisco Systems Inc. - Overview
- Exhibit 98: Cisco Systems Inc. - Business segments
- Exhibit 99: Cisco Systems Inc. - Key news
- Exhibit 100: Cisco Systems Inc. - Key offerings
- Exhibit 101: Cisco Systems Inc. - Segment focus
- 10.6 CommScope Inc.
- Exhibit 102: CommScope Inc. - Overview
- Exhibit 103: CommScope Inc. - Business segments
- Exhibit 104: CommScope Inc. - Key news
- Exhibit 105: CommScope Inc. - Key offerings
- Exhibit 106: CommScope Inc. - Segment focus
- 10.7 Dasan Network Solutions
- Exhibit 107: Dasan Network Solutions - Overview
- Exhibit 108: Dasan Network Solutions - Product / Service
- Exhibit 109: Dasan Network Solutions - Key offerings
- 10.8 Mitsubishi Electric Corp.
- Exhibit 110: Mitsubishi Electric Corp. - Overview
- Exhibit 111: Mitsubishi Electric Corp. - Business segments
- Exhibit 112: Mitsubishi Electric Corp. - Key news
- Exhibit 113: Mitsubishi Electric Corp. - Key offerings
- Exhibit 114: Mitsubishi Electric Corp. - Segment focus
- 10.9 Nokia Corp.
- Exhibit 115: Nokia Corp. - Overview
- Exhibit 116: Nokia Corp. - Business segments
- Exhibit 117: Nokia Corp. - Key offerings
- Exhibit 118: Nokia Corp. - Segment focus
- 10.10 Tellabs Access LLC
- Exhibit 119: Tellabs Access LLC - Overview
- Exhibit 120: Tellabs Access LLC - Product / Service
- Exhibit 121: Tellabs Access LLC - Key offerings
- 10.11 Verizon Communications Inc.
- Exhibit 122: Verizon Communications Inc. - Overview
- Exhibit 123: Verizon Communications Inc. - Business segments
- Exhibit 124: Verizon Communications Inc. - Key offerings
- Exhibit 125: Verizon Communications Inc. - Segment focus
- 10.12 ZTE Corp.
- Exhibit 126: ZTE Corp. - Overview
- Exhibit 127: ZTE Corp. - Business segments
- Exhibit 128: ZTE Corp. - Key news
- Exhibit 129: ZTE Corp. - Key offerings
- Exhibit 130: ZTE Corp. - Segment focus
11 Appendix
- 11.1 Scope of the report
- 11.2 Inclusions and exclusions checklist
- Exhibit 131: Inclusions checklist
- Exhibit 132: Exclusions checklist
- 11.3 Currency conversion rates for US$
- Exhibit 133: Currency conversion rates for US$
- 11.4 Research methodology
- Exhibit 134: Research methodology
- Exhibit 135: Validation techniques employed for market sizing
- Exhibit 136: Information sources
- 11.5 List of abbreviations
- Exhibit 137: List of abbreviations
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SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- State Treasurer Fiona Ma, and the California ABLE Act Board announce the "We Are CalABLE'' campaign to promote CalABLE, the tax-free savings and investment program that is improving the lives of people with disabilities. The California ABLE Act Board, chaired by Treasurer Ma, administers the CalABLE program which provides eligible individuals with disabilities an opportunity to build financial wellness, even while participating in means-tested government benefit programs like Supplemental Security Income and Medi-Cal. For the multitude of individuals who have opened a CalABLE account, the program can be a game- changer.
"Every single day, there are thousands of powerful stories from the disability community that can teach, empower and inspire," said Treasurer Ma. "Our goal with CalABLE has been to build the best possible program for the disability community. We designed CalABLE to be accessible, user friendly, and easy to understand. We recognized early on that the most powerful tool to spread awareness is to hear directly from the people who are benefitting from CalABLE. The 'We Are CalABLE' campaign raises the voices of those whose lives have been impacted by their decision to open an account."
CalABLE partnered with Options For All (OFA), a California-based filmmaking nonprofit that serves adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, to produce the "We Are CalABLE" campaign. The OFA team filmed more than a dozen interviews throughout the state, gathering a broad spectrum of voices from individuals and families who benefit from the CalABLE program. Many OFA students and staff are CalABLE account holders and have a firsthand understanding of how one can save for their future using CalABLE.
"This project is a great example of how people with disabilities can help develop skills, gain valuable experiences, and contribute in ways that directly affect their own lives," said John Peterson, OFA's Vice President of Film and Media.
For the campaign, OFA captured the personal stories of CalABLE account holders who enthusiastically share how they use their savings to pay for disability-related expenses. Under state and federal law, these expenses can include accessible vehicles, first homes, education, assistive technology, service animals and more. Through these personal and highly engaging narratives, the campaign demonstrates how account holders can protect their eligibility for means-tested public benefits programs by contributing to tax-advantaged savings and investment accounts. Furthermore, the campaign demonstrates how these after-tax contributions allow account holders to grow tax-free earnings when the money is used for qualified expenses.
"The risk of losing public benefits, coupled with the high cost of support expenses, has constrained members of the disability community from building financial security – until now," said Treasurer Ma. "Today, we're ensuring that all these people are at the table to help us build better life experiences for people with disabilities."
Launched in December 2018, the CalABLE program is open to all eligible individuals with disabilities in the state of California and nationwide. Since its launch, more than 8,000 individuals have opened CalABLE accounts and saved more than $77 million in assets under management. The average balance in a CalABLE account is approximately $10,000.
The "We Are CalABLE" campaign was conceptualized and launched by CalABLE's agency of record Program 11, in collaboration with the National Disability Institute, the first national nonprofit committed exclusively to the financial empowerment of people with disabilities. Watch the "We Are CalABLE" anthem video here. Open a CalABLE account at www.CalABLE.ca.gov.
CalABLE is the state of California's tax-advantaged savings and investment program benefiting people whose qualifying disability began before age 26. Based on the federal Achieving Better Life Experiences (ABLE) Act, the program allows eligible individuals to save up to $16,000 per year in an ABLE account and access the money at any time without taxes or penalties when the money is used to maintain or improve the health, independence or quality of life of the account owner. Up to $100,000 of funds in an ABLE account are not counted against resource limits of federal and state benefit programs like Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Medicaid. Established in December of 2018, CalABLE has enrolled more than 8,000 account holders who have saved and invested more than $77 million, making CalABLE one of the fastest growing ABLE programs in the nation.
Fiona Ma is California's 34th State Treasurer. She was elected on November 6, 2018, with more votes (7,825,587) than any other candidate for treasurer in the state's history. She is the first woman of color and the first woman Certified Public Accountant (CPA) elected to the position. The State Treasurer's Office was created in the California Constitution in 1849. It provides financing for schools, roads, housing, recycling and waste management, hospitals, public facilities, and other crucial infrastructure projects that better the lives of residents. California is the world's fifth-largest economy and Treasurer Ma is the state's primary banker. Presently, her office processes more than $3 trillion in banking transactions. She provides transparency and oversight for the government's investment portfolio and accounts, as well as for the state's surplus funds. Treasurer Ma oversees an investment portfolio that currently averages over $200 billion—a significant portion of which is beneficially owned by more than 2,200 local governments in California. She serves as agent of sale for all State bonds and is trustee of billions of dollars of state indebtedness.
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HOUSTON (AP) — Maks Klanjscek had 22 points in Houston Christian's 85-80 win over McNeese on Thursday night.
Klanjscek also contributed seven assists for the Huskies (10-19, 7-9 Southland Conference). Zach Iyeyemi scored 18 points while going 6 of 7 and 6 of 10 from the free throw line, and added five rebounds. Bonke Maring recorded 14 points and went 7 of 15 from the field.
Christian Shumate finished with 26 points and 11 rebounds for the Cowboys (9-21, 6-11). Zach Scott added 18 points for McNeese. In addition, Johnathan Massie had 13 points, six rebounds and five assists.
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Student becomes first to graduate from university’s special needs program
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Gray News) – Students across the country are preparing to accept their diplomas, wearing caps and gowns to celebrate the success of their hard academic work.
East Tennessee State University is celebrating the first student to graduate from the school’s academic program designed for people with intellectual disabilities.
The founders of Access ETSU worked on details of the program for nearly a decade, adding various aspects step-by-step over the years to ensure its success.
Access ETSU is a two-year certificate program open to students who are 18-28 years of age and who have a desire to continue their education at the university level.
Students in this program have access to the same resources as others. Their classes are immersed with traditional students, and many are taking courses without modifications.
Garrison Buchanan was the first, and only, person at the time to enroll in the program at ETSU when it launched in 2019.
The program has since grown and will have 22 students enrolled in the upcoming fall semester.
“Access ETSU has unlocked a lot of potential in a lot of students, and our community will be better for it,” said Dr. Dawn Rowe, associate professor of Educational Foundations and Special Education.
Buchanan has paved the way for future students as an ambassador for the program.
He was heavily involved in activities around campus and recruitment events to show others what Access ETSU is all about.
He has gained somewhat of a “celebrity status” and has a strong circle of support anywhere he goes.
Buchanan said “friends and campus life” were two of his favorite aspects of going to college, adding how much he enjoyed his social network. “This whole campus is about friends and students,” he said.
In addition to going to class, Buchanan interned at the university’s Basler Center for Physical Activity as a facilities assistant, a position he applied for and interviewed for before being offered the internship.
“I will never forget Dr. Rowe and I standing outside of the Intramural Suite as we eavesdropped on G interviewing for a job with us,” Kari Albarado, director of Campus Recreation at ETSU, said in a post on social media. “Little did I know that day of the impact this program would have.”
Albarado spoke highly of Buchanan’s growth and the memories she shared with him as an intern at the sports facility.
“It can be easy to say no, to say that it’s too much work, to look at limitations instead of possibilities…but man, what a great experience this has been!” Albarado said.
Every student enrolled in Access ETSU has support from their peers. There are currently 45 peer mentors, known as BucMates, who hang out with the students to provide assistance as needed.
“Any student who has a desire to build leadership skills and work on issues with diversity and inclusion can apply,” Rowe explained.
These students have diverse backgrounds and different focuses on education, representing the entire campus community.
The mentors walk alongside students enrolled in the Access program to build mutually empowering and positive peer relationships.
BucMates can go to class with program participants, helping them get the notes and assignments needed, in addition to helping them study.
They also accompany the students to various social events on campus, helping to navigate a full college experience.
The initiative has been a campuswide effort, fostering a truly inclusive experience and making it a natural part of campus culture.
The university partners with community rehab providers to ensure a smooth transition to their careers after college.
Buchanan already has a job lined up with the parks and recreation department after graduation. He’s excited to work at the tennis camp and hopes to branch out to other sports like baseball and disc golf.
Buchanan’s graduation is just one step in changing the mindsets and expectations of others -- showing that nearly anyone is capable of attending college.
“He is raising expectations of what is possible,” said Daniel Scherer Emunds, academic coordinator. “Garrison has shown that it is possible with his hard work and success.”
Buchanan is co-hosting a benefit concert next weekend to raise money for the program by celebrating disability and neurodiversity. This is a chance to celebrate Access ETSU’s inaugural graduate and welcome the incoming class.
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It sure is a busy time in Emily Grandstaff-Rice’s professional life. The renowned school designer just switched architectural firms, leaving Arrowstreet to join Perkins&Will. Meanwhile, she started a one-year term as president of her industry’s main trade group, the American Institute of Architects.
Grandstaff-Rice says it’s just coincidental that both roles are beginning at the same time. But her goals for her day job and for the AIA are quite similar: to improve diversity in the architectural workforce, a field that was once dominated by white men, and to promote climate-friendly construction.
Moving to Perkins&Will, Grandstaff-Rice said, was “a great chance for me to align all that I had been talking about with the AIA, to a firm that really lived this not just in paper, but with the projects they do.”
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That’s not to say Grandstaff-Rice wasn’t involved in climate-resilient projects while at Arrowstreet. Her portfolio there included the Hildreth Elementary School in the town of Harvard, which features rooftop solar panels, and the Douglas & Gates elementary schools in Acton, where solar panels are in use as well as rooftop rainwater collection systems to flush toilets and heat comes from geothermal wells.
The profession is no longer focusing just on a building’s operational efficiency to consider the environmental impacts. Architects recognize the environmental benefits of reusing existing structures, too, in the construction process.
“No one building is going to solve this problem,” Grandstaff-Rice said. “Collectively, we can all work together to really make change in our communities.”
She took an interest in school design while growing up in the St. Louis area, wondering why some schools were more welcoming to kids than others, and how those differences affected the students’ day-to-day lives and eagerness to learn.
An uncle tried to deter her career choice when she was in high school, pointing out that there weren’t many women in architecture at the time and the profession wasn’t necessarily a ticket to riches. That advice, however, seemed to have the opposite effect, spurring her on.
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“There’s nothing like walking into a building that you have designed and have been a part of, and feeling a sense of accomplishment,” she said.
Plus, now she has two different outlets to channel her passions for equity and climate resiliency, even if juggling her roles at the AIA and Perkins&Will can seem all-consuming at times.
“I have a good friend who likes to say, ‘Wouldn’t we like everything in our lives to be nice and linear?’” Grandstaff-Rice said. “It doesn’t happen that way. It happens in bursts.”
Scorzoni takes to the wind
When you think back to most of the state’s big clean-energy events and milestones, it seems like Christian Scorzoni was right there in the thick of them. So it’s easy to understand why the executives at Vineyard Offshore tapped him to run point on their national wind-energy expansion, as the company’s new head of external affairs.
Scorzoni was assistant secretary of energy and environmental affairs for then-governor Deval Patrick and then-environmental secretary Ian Bowles as they tried to usher in a new clean-energy industry. Then Scorzoni left state government to work with his mentor, former Senate president Bob Travaglini, at lobbying shop Travaglini, Scorzoni & Kiley. During his 13 years there, the firm developed one of the most successful clean-energy lobbying practices in New England. Clients along the way included the Solar Energy Industries Association, NextEra, EDF Renewables, and Greentown Labs.
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One client stood out in particular: Vineyard Wind. The joint venture owned by Avangrid and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners will emerge as the first large-scale offshore wind farm in the country after construction finishes over the next two years. Scorzoni has worked closely with Vineyard Wind chief executive Lars Pedersen since 2016, the year that the Legislature approved the law that set offshore wind energy contracts in motion.
Last week, Scorzoni joined Pedersen on a full-time basis at Vineyard Offshore, a Boston-based company that oversees offshore wind efforts for Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners in the United States. In addition to Vineyard Wind, which will go up south of Martha’s Vineyard, Vineyard Offshore and CIP have secured lease rights for an area off New York and New Jersey, and another one off the coast of northern California, as well as a second area south of the Vineyard.
“My goal is to take some of the lessons learned and the experiences we’ve had in Massachusetts and New England and utilize them as we start to expand into a more national player,” Scorzoni said. “They’re one of the most dynamic energy companies in the world.”
Beckwith readies to bid adieu
Three decades is a long time. Just ask Geoff Beckwith, who briefly on Friday took stock of his 31-year-run as the head of the Massachusetts Municipal Association. The reason? Beckwith just announced he will retire in September, around the time of his 65th birthday.
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Beckwith has guided the MMA through three recessions, seven governors, four House speakers, and seven Senate presidents. Since he took the job nearly every seat in the state Legislature has turned over. Through it all, Beckwith said his group — which provides services such as lobbying, insurance, and training to municipal governments — has been a stabilizing force for the communities it serves. He said it’s been exciting and inspiring to work with city and town leaders along the way. He is giving his board plenty of notice, enough time to recruit a replacement. But he’s focused on the tasks ahead in his final year leading MMA’s 70-person staff, not on his retirement plans.
Among those: planning for the annual meeting, the MMA’s signature event. It takes place later this week at the Hynes Convention Center and the adjacent Sheraton hotel, in-person for the first time since 2020. (The annual meeting went virtual in 2021 and remained that way in 2022 as a result of the Omicron surge.) The governor typically speaks. In this case, Maura Healey will kick things off on Friday, giving one of her first public speeches since her inauguration this month.
Get through the annual meeting, and it’s bill-filing time at the State House, not to mention another state budget to go through.
“A lot of people are saying the eight months are going to gallop by,” Beckwith said. “For me, it does not feel I’m anywhere near close to retirement.”
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A long road to Friday for Paris Jeffries
The unveiling event last Friday for “The Embrace” memorial, honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King and their formative time in Boston, was months in the planning.
But it’s hard to blame Imari Paris Jeffries, executive director of the Embrace Boston initiative, for not sticking to the script, when you think about how much time and energy he has put into this effort during the past two-and-a-half years. Paris Jeffries has knocked on seemingly every door in the city to raise funds for the memorial and a related civil rights research center, museum, and events space planned for Roxbury. He’s been quite successful so far, with at least $31 million committed.
So when it was his turn to speak, he struggled at the microphone, wiping away tears at first.
“I was trying not to cry,” Paris Jeffries said, before diving into his prepared remarks. “I’m just so grateful to give back to the city that gave me so much.”
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NEW YORK (AP) — Target plans to invest as much as $5 billion this year expanding services for customers, including a drive up service for returns, renovations at 175 stores and improvements in online shopping.
The Minneapolis retailer announced the investments Tuesday during its annual investor meeting as it reported a 43% tumble in profits for the holiday quarter, reflecting the ongoing challenges of balancing more cautious consumer spending and rising costs.
Target issued a cautious outlook for the year as inflation squeezes household budgets, but it topped Wall Street expectations for the fourth quarter and shares rose nearly 3% in mid-day trading, reversing an earlier sell-off.
“We recognize that the landscape is unpredictable, and there are plenty of challenges in the near-term horizon,” Target’s CEO Brian Cornell told analysts at the meeting on Tuesday.
Target’s more modest expectations for 2023 follow weaker outlooks from Walmart and Home Depot last week. Higher costs for everything from food to gas is weighing on Americans, though there has been some easing of inflation in recent months.
Part of the reason inflationary pressures have eased, at least for some things, is a campaign by the Federal Reserve to cool spending, and the economy. Those efforts make using credit cards more expensive, which can negatively impact retailers.
But how Americans spend is changing, too. More people are spending money on travel or going out for dinner than they were during the pandemic, which can mean they are spending less at stores.
Walmart said it expects sales at stores opened at least a year for its U.S. business to rise 2% or 2.5% for the year, while Home Depot forecasts growth for that metric to be roughly flat this year compared with a year ago.
For the full year, Target expects comparable sales — those from stores open at least a year and online channels — will range from a low single-digit decline to a low single-digit increase.
“We’re planning our business cautiously in the near term to ensure we remain agile and responsive to the current operating environment,” Cornell said in a statement.
Target’s total comparable sales inched up 0.7% in the fiscal fourth quarter compared with a year ago. That was fueled by increased customer traffic, but customers are shifting their spending to necessities like food and paper towels over discretionary items like fashion. Groceries typically have a much smaller profit margin. Still, Target said that shoppers are attracted to new and trendy clothing, and that’s a key reason for increased store visits.
Cornell noted that the company entered the year in a “very healthy inventory position,” reflecting its conservative approach in discretionary items. Inventory in categories like fashion was roughly 13% lower in the fourth quarter than a year ago.
Target has taken a bigger hit to its business compared to other big box retailers likely because it relies more on discretionary items like clothing and home furnishings. More than 50% of Walmart’s U.S. business comes from groceries; that number is 20% at Target.
It was the fourth consecutive quarter that retailer’s profit has slipped. Target reported a 52% drop in third quarter profits, 90% in the second quarter and a 52% decline in the first.
In early June, Target warned that it was canceling orders from suppliers and aggressively cutting prices because of a pronounced spending shift by Americans.
Last November, Target said it was slashing expenses with a goal of saving $2 billion to $3 billion over the next three years. At that time, it said shoppers were waiting to buy on sale, purchasing smaller packages and trading down to store brands instead of national labels, which tend to be more expensive.
But even as Target projects lower sales, the retailer is pushing ahead to accelerate its e-commerce strategy. It announced last week that it will spend $100 million to develop a larger network of package sorting centers that cut the cost of delivering online orders while increasing the speed of delivery.
Target said that its drive up service for returns will be rolled out to all stores by the end of this summer. Customers will be able to return most new, unopened items within 90 days of purchases without leaving their car.
Target also plans to open about 20 new stores in addition to renovating 175 of them. One of the big attractions has been its partnership with Ulta Beauty to have shops at the store. Last year, its sales from Ulta Beauty at Target were more than four times higher than in 2021, the company said.
Target also aims to launch or expand more than 10 owned brands. In addition, the retailer will appeal to price sensitive shoppers with more items starting at $3, $5, $10 and $15.
Fourth-quarter profits fell to $876 million, or $1.89 per share, for the quarter that ended Jan. 23. That compares with $1.54 billion, or $3.21 per share, in the year-ago period.
Sales rose 1.3%, to $31.4 billion. Analysts were expecting earnings of $1.40 a share on sales of $30.7 billion, according to FactSet.
Fourth-quarter gross margin rate was 22.7% compared with 25.7% in 2021, reflecting pressure from higher markdowns, net merchandise costs, and so-called shrink, which reflects inventory losses related to such factors as theft, fraud or damage.
The company expects adjusted earnings per share to be in the range of $7.75 to $8.75 for the year. Analysts were expecting $9.18, according to FactSet.
Target said that over the next three years, it expects its operating income margin rate will reach, and begin to move beyond, its pre-pandemic rate of 6% as early as fiscal 2024, depending on the economic recovery and consumer demand.
Shares rose $4.42 to $171.23 Tuesday.
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TRUFF Enters $7B Seasoning Category, Releases Gourmet Truffle Salt
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., Nov. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, TRUFF, the truffle brand known for reimagining and elevating pantry staples, is venturing into seasonings with the introduction of TRUFF Black Truffle Salt. The new product features a blend of fine and coarse sea salt finished with a purposeful amount of black truffles. The brand's gourmet salt enters the market as a part of TRUFF's Starter Pack gift set, launching on 2022 Oprah's Favorite Things holiday gifts list, featured on OprahDaily.com and in the Winter issue of O Quarterly, on newsstands November 1. This recognition marks the brand's fourth time on Oprah's coveted list.
"After the enthusiastic response to our Black Truffle Oil last year, we realized that there's a lot of demand for simple, high-quality products that put the truffle front and center," says TRUFF Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Nick Ajluni. "Our Black Truffle Salt offers customers an easy and versatile way to elevate the entire kitchen experience with just a pinch."
TRUFF's new Black Truffle Salt will be available in 5.3-ounce individual jars or in TRUFF's Starter Pack, a truffle-forward gift set. The Starter Pack is packaged in a gorgeous gold foil VIP box and features the brand's Original Black Truffle Hot Sauce, Black Truffle Oil and new Black Truffle Salt. These items will be available for purchase at TRUFF.com, on OprahDaily.com and in the Oprah's Favorite Things gift guide exclusively in Amazon's store at amazon.com/oprah.
With its distinctive flavor profile and pristine bottle, TRUFF has taken its line of pantry staples from a condiment to a conversation point. With multiple awards, celebrity chef co-signs, and the title for best-selling hot sauce on Amazon and Whole Foods Market, TRUFF ranks #1 on NeilsenIQ's Brand Score (a performance metric assessing brand value). Most recently, the brand announced a retail expansion of availability into over 15,000 doors including retailers like Costco, Publix, Target and more.
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TRUFF's lineup of luxury pantry staples is designed to elevate the dining experience. Originally founded through a popular food and lifestyle Instagram blog called @sauce, TRUFF immediately propelled into social media virality with the release of its hot sauce in 2017. The brand quickly became the fastest growing company in the hot sauce space due to its distinctive flavor profile, pristine bottle, Truffle Inspired cap, and of course the coveted Instagram account @sauce that makes tagging a no-brainer. Taking inspiration from the flagship black truffle experience, TRUFF recently expanded its family of products to include other popular favorites like Pasta Sauce, Mayonnaise, Truffle Oil and most recently Truffle Salt. You can find TRUFF's variety of products in stores nationwide and around the world in the UK, Australia, Kuwait, and South Korea. TRUFF is made in Southern California and is gluten-free and non-GMO. Visit www.TRUFF.com for more information and recipes.
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FRISCO, Texas, April 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Careington International Corporation proudly announces a new facility for printing and fulfillment solutions, further expanding one of the company's many administrative services offered to its growing insurance carrier, TPA and employer clients nationally. The facility, located in one of three buildings across two campuses at Careington's corporate headquarters, is dedicated exclusively to digital printing, customized marketing materials, membership ID cards, fulfillment kits and mailing services.
The fulfillment center was previously housed in Careington's main corporate office. The new dedicated space is utilized solely for the Print, Production and Logistics Division, an in-house unit that oversees the printing and mailing of all materials for member, client and corporate needs. The team designed the layout of the new facility with innovation in mind, ensuring a linear workflow for printing and mailing efficiencies. One of the biggest enhancements to the facility was the addition of several new state-of-the-art printing machines, allowing for the production of a broader array of precisely customizable materials. The facility debuted a new generation of printers provided by Canon Solutions America, Inc. to North America that increased Careington's production capacity by up to 30 percent from previous models. Three of the new ImagePRESS V1000 innovative production printers are housed at the facility as well as many additional top-of-the-line machines with specialty functionalities, such as the Pro4100S large-format and full-color printing on high-quality paper, banners, canvases and other custom materials as well as folding, trimming and spot varnish. The newest innovations allow for significant expansion of Careington's printing capabilities.
Careington is a nationally licensed Discount Plan Organization and Third Party Administrator serving more than 30 million members across its companies, making private and white-label print collateral a pivotal solution offered to its diverse client base including employers of any size or industry, carriers, TPAs, Medicare Advantage companies, government municipalities, unions, school districts, college and universities, affinity groups, associations, brokers and benefits consultants. With this in mind, the company ensured the facility included a designated area for printing of insurance policies and certificates, ID cards and plan information. The new, secure facility is another testament to Careington's commitment to protecting PII and HIPAA data.
Beyond printing and fulfillment solutions, Careington also offers custom product development, dental network leasing, enrollment, specialty sales and retention, individual and group billing, dental claims administration, compliance and regulatory guidance, marketing and communications, project management and implementation, account management, IS and IT resources and customer service. Careington's administrative solutions support its expansive portfolio of more than 150 money-saving products and services.
"Our team collaboratively redesigned and reimagined this new space," Careington Assistant Vice President of Print, Production and Logistics Martin Schneider said. "We are excited that this facility allows us expanded printing and mailing capabilities for our many valued clients and customers."
The relocation and expansion took place during the Print, Production and Logistics Department's busiest quarter of the year without service interruption to clients. The new facility has produced more than 2.3 million pieces of print collateral since becoming operational in November.
"Careington is proud to have a new facility dedicated to one of our core administrative capabilities – printing and fulfillment solutions," Careington Chief Executive Officer Stewart Sweda said. "Our goal is to continually expand the products and services we offer as a single-source solution to support our clients and their customers throughout the nation."
About Careington International Corporation
Careington International Corporation is an established leader in the health and wellness benefits space. Founded in 1979, Careington is a nationally recognized product aggregator and full-service administrator and one of the largest privately held discount health care companies in the nation. Today, Careington serves more than 30 million members across all industry-best companies, brands, products and services. Dedicated to improving individual health and well-being by providing affordable access to care, Careington's national PPO and dental discount networks, flagship dental savings plans and growing portfolio of more than 150 health, wellness and lifestyle products and services are designed to deliver cost savings and service excellence across a spectrum of life needs. For information on Careington's products, services, administration and marketing solutions, visit careington.com.
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Top Player Prop Bets for Twins vs. Tigers on June 17, 2023
Published: Jun. 17, 2023 at 5:51 AM CDT|Updated: 28 minutes ago
Player prop betting options for Carlos Correa, Spencer Torkelson and others are available in the Minnesota Twins-Detroit Tigers matchup at Target Field on Saturday, starting at 2:10 PM ET.
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Twins vs. Tigers Game Info
- When: Saturday, June 17, 2023 at 2:10 PM ET
- Where: Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- How to Watch on TV: BSN
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MLB Props Today: Minnesota Twins
Carlos Correa Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 1.5 (Over Odds: +180)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -125)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +370)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +125)
Correa Stats
- Correa has 15 doubles, two triples, nine home runs, 28 walks and 34 RBI (49 total hits).
- He has a slash line of .215/.300/.417 so far this year.
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Byron Buxton Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -233)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -115)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +285)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +115)
Buxton Stats
- Byron Buxton has 40 hits with nine doubles, a triple, 10 home runs and 26 walks. He has driven in 23 runs with six stolen bases.
- He's slashing .211/.314/.426 on the season.
Buxton Recent Games
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Spencer Torkelson Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -189)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +125)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +500)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +180)
Torkelson Stats
- Torkelson has recorded 60 hits with 17 doubles, seven home runs and 30 walks. He has driven in 32 runs with two stolen bases.
- He's slashed .238/.323/.389 so far this season.
- Torkelson has recorded at least one hit in six games in a row. In his last 10 games he is batting .282 with four doubles, two home runs, seven walks and six RBI.
Torkelson Recent Games
Javier Báez Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -233)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +140)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +550)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +230)
Báez Stats
- Javier Baez has 60 hits with nine doubles, two triples, five home runs, 11 walks and 34 RBI. He's also stolen five bases.
- He's slashing .233/.273/.341 so far this year.
- Baez takes a six-game streak with at least one hit into this one. During his last 10 games he is batting .302 with a double, a triple, two home runs, a walk and seven RBI.
Báez Recent Games
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Sen. Pat Toomey (R., Pa.) will co-sponsor a bipartisan bill to reform how Electoral College votes are certified, adding more Republican weight to the push to avoid a repeat of the attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
Toomey would be the 10th Republican co-sponsor of the Electoral Count Reform Act, giving it enough formal GOP support to clear a filibuster and pass the Senate if all 50 Democrats also support the plan. Other Republicans have also expressed openness to the plan, so it could already have the votes needed to secure passage. But Toomey’s move puts a 10th Republican name on the bill.
His support for the legislation, reported first by The Inquirer, comes after Pennsylvania was one of two states formally targeted by dozens of congressional Republicans on Jan. 6, 2021, as they attempted to dismiss its 20 electoral votes and the will of its voters. Toomey, who supported nearly all of former President Donald Trump’s policies and voted for him twice, strongly opposed attempts to throw out Pennsylvania’s election results as Trump fueled a riot at the Capitol.
Toomey announced his backing for the Senate bill a day after the House approved a competing plan supported by the chamber’s Democrats but widely opposed by Republicans. A number of GOP lawmakers who support some reform have urged Democratic leaders to focus on the bipartisan Senate proposal.
“The poor drafting of the 1887 Electoral Count Act endangered the transition of power from one administration to the next,” Toomey said in a statement to The Inquirer. “Unfortunately, in the over 100 intervening years, individual Democratic and Republican members of Congress have occasionally attempted to exploit the ambiguities in this law to cast doubt on the validity of our elections, culminating in the debacle of January 6, 2021.”
“It is past time Congress act,” Toomey said. “This legislation would make commonsense changes to clarify the role of Congress, the vice president, and the courts in the certification of presidential elections to give the American people more confidence it will be their voice that chooses the next executive and those that follow.”
Toomey, who is not seeking reelection, was one of seven Republican senators who voted to convict Trump in his impeachment trial after the riot.
» READ MORE: Pat Toomey cites Trump’s ‘betrayal of the Constitution’ in breaking with GOP on impeachment
The effort to usurp the will of the voters and keep Trump in power, including by challenging Pennsylvania and Arizona’s electoral votes in Congress, prompted urgent calls to reform the way Congress certifies the presidential vote to avoid a similar effort in the future — including in 2024, when Trump may run again.
Toomey’s support doesn’t guarantee that the reform will make it into law, given the competing versions of the legislation. Both aim to patch the weaknesses that Trump sought to exploit. Among other changes, they would make it harder for members of Congress to object to a state’s electoral votes.
Now, only one lawmaker in each chamber has to object to force a vote on accepting the presidential electors from a given state. The Senate plan would require one-fifth of both the House and Senate to object. The House version would raise the threshold to one-third of each chamber, and narrow the grounds for objections.
Every House Democrat supported that chamber’s version of the bill, co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney (R., Wyo.), an outspoken Trump critic. But only nine Republicans backed in, and none from Pennsylvania.
» READ MORE: Trump’s ‘Stop the Steal’ allies are back on the ballot in Pa., and could win more power over the next election
U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, the only House Republican from Pennsylvania who voted to uphold the will of its people in 2021, said Wednesday that he supports the Senate version of the reform, but not the House plan.
“I look forward to voting for their genuinely bipartisan bill on the House floor after Senate passage,” Fitzpatrick said in a statement. He criticized the House measure, which he voted against Wednesday, as a politicized proposal.
“In a time of uncertainty, renewing confidence in our elected officials and our elections strikes at the core of what our country needs to come together,” Fitzpatrick said. “The only path forward on this issue is one that rejects hyper-partisanship and embraces collaborative, cross-party solutions that will ensure the lawful, orderly transfer of power for future generations.”
Key Senate leaders plan to hold a committee hearing on the Senate plan next week. But any hopes for a full Senate vote will likely have to wait until after the Nov. 8 midterm elections, given other pressing deadlines and the limited time Congress has scheduled in session between now and then.
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President Biden toured flood damage in eastern Kentucky with the governor. The president promised increased federal aid and assistance to help the recovery. At least 37 people died in the flooding.
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LAS VEGAS, Sept. 30, 2022 The Kanpai Pandas are excited to announce our newest sponsored athlete, Roy Jones Jr.! Roy has world titles at middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight, and heavyweight and has been the only boxer in history to start at light middleweight and go on to win a heavyweight title. Roy Jones retired in 2018 with a record of 66–9 (47 KOs) and is widely regarded as the top pound-for-pound fighter of his era. Roy was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in June 2022. So why the Pandas?
Roy Jones joined the Kanpai Pandas to bolster the project's brand and help the project acquire more partnerships and deals as we embark further into real world ventures. Roy believes in the Kanpai Pandas' mission of providing ordinary people access to exclusive events and experiences, and sees the project's potential in growing the Kanpai Pandas' brand in the real world among athletes and entertainment events. We couldn't be more excited to announce Roy, he is now the Pandas' second sponsored athlete after Hamdy Abdelwahab. Watch all of his knockouts here. Lets go Roy, the newest Kanpai Panda!
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Golden Knights vs. Panthers Stanley Cup Final Game 5: Odds, total, moneyline and other Vegas lines
Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final at T-Mobile Arena on Tuesday, June 13 features the Vegas Golden Knights and the Florida Panthers meeting at 8:00 PM ET on TNT, truTV, CBC, SportsNet, and TVAS. The Golden Knights are up 3-1 in the series. The Panthers are underdogs (+165) against the Golden Knights (-200).
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Golden Knights vs. Panthers Game Info
- When: Tuesday, June 13, 2023 at 8:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: TNT, truTV, CBC, SportsNet, and TVAS
- Where: T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada
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Golden Knights vs. Panthers Total and Moneyline
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Golden Knights vs. Panthers Betting Trends
- Florida's games this season have had more than 6 goals 72 of 102 times.
- The Golden Knights are 15-5 when listed as a moneyline favorite this season.
- The Panthers have been made the underdog 17 times this season, and upset their opponent 11 times.
- Vegas has had four games with moneyline odds of -200 or shorter and won every time.
- Florida is 4-1 when it is the underdog by +165 or longer on the moneyline.
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Join the fight against Alzheimer’s on the day with the most light
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - People from across the world will fight the darkness of Alzheimer’s through a fundraising activity of their choice.
The summer solstice is the longest day of the year with the most light.
Wednesday, June 21, marks the first official day of summer, and the Alzheimer’s Association makes it their mission every year to shine light on the heart-breaking disease by hosting a worldwide fundraiser called “The Longest Day.”
On this day, millions of participants raise Alzheimer’s awareness by forming their own personal fundraising activities or events. Together, they use creativity and passion to raise money for the care, support, and research efforts of the Alzheimer’s Association.
Noelle Richardson manages the Northeast Arkansas area of the Arkansas Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association.
She said those who register can choose anything they like to do for their fundraiser, but for those who have lost someone to the disease, consider doing something they once enjoyed.
“You can do small or large events,” she said. “Some of our best fundraisers are lemonade stands or bake sales.”
Fundraisers can range from all different hobbies like playing your favorite sport, cooking, painting, or washing cars.
One such fundraiser is a Jeep ride scavenger hunt in Jonesboro called “The Longest Day Ride” hosted by the NEA Jeep Club on Saturday, June 24.
Participants will find and receive clues from five pitstops around NEA. At each stop, a new clue will be given to participants to find their next location. Purple rubber ducks and gifts will be up for grabs.
Those wanting to participate in the Jeep ride scavenger hunt can email nrichardson@alz.org or call/text Richardson at 870-917-5066.
Those interested in registering their own fundraiser, click here.
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Hold onto your wigs, the Queen is back. Four days after announcing the release date of her seventh solo studio album, the eagerly anticipated act i: RENAISSANCE (out July 29), Beyoncé dropped the project's lead single, "BREAK MY SOUL." A co-production between Beyoncé, Tricky Stewart and The-Dream (who last collaborated on 2009's "Single Ladies"), "BREAK MY SOUL" honors a long lineage of liberatory queer anthems, like Diana Ross' "I'm Coming Out" or Donna Summer's "I Feel Love."
Whether it's a dead-end job or a relationship that's not going anywhere, Beyoncé wants you to release the stress. Over a pulsing dance melody, she croons, "Got motivation, I done found me a new foundation, and I'm takin' my new salvation and I'ma build my own foundation," before delivering an uplifting mantra of "You won't break my soul" in the chorus. Built around a four-count sample of the gay club staple "Show Me Love" by Robin S. and an interpolation of NOLA rapper Big Freedia's 2014 bounce record "Explode," the retrofuturistic track is a seamless blend of disco, house and gospel pop with dulcet, meticulously-arranged vocals ready for the ballroom.
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DOE awards a total of $75 million in grants to Smartville and nine other companies to advance projects that support battery reuse, recycling and upcycling efforts across the country
SAN DIEGO, March 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Smartville, a leading developer of reliable second-life energy storage systems, was awarded $5.9 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to breathe new life into batteries from retired electric vehicles (EV) via its MOAB™ energy storage systems. The grant, part of a $75-million funding package through President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, awards a total of 10 projects that advance technologies and processes supporting EV battery recycling and reuse efforts across the country.
Smartville will apply the funds to accelerate the commercialization of its large-scale, second-life energy storage system that uses repurposed EV batteries. First, the funding will help with Smartville's plans to have MOAB become a UL certified second-life EV battery pack energy storage system. Second, it will fund a large 4 MWh demonstration project in central California co-located with an existing power plant operated by a California independent power producer in an underserved disadvantaged community.
"Our second-life energy storage product repurposes EV batteries to reliably store power from solar and wind," said Antoni Tong, Smartville's CEO. "The outcome is that the system can sustainably power our communities, lessening our dependence on external energy sources."
In the last 10 years, more than 1.8 million Nissan Leafs and Teslas alone have been sold in the U.S. and sales for all EVs are expected to rise dramatically by 2035. The number of second-life EV batteries will continue to grow quickly, turning waste management challenges into sustainable energy opportunities. Most batteries retired from EVs retain 70 percent of their storage capacity, making them ideal candidates for stationary storage. Smartville's proprietary suite of software, hardware and diagnostics provides guaranteed performance from repurposed EV batteries for stationary storage serving enterprise and utility customers.
About Smartville Inc.
Smartville's mission is to be the world's most sustainable, scalable, and reliable EV battery repurposing platform, and to revolutionize energy storage on a global scale, one battery pack, one-kilowatt hour, at a time. For more information about Smartville, please visit www.smartville.io or follow the company on LinkedIn.
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NEW YORK, May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Halper Sadeh LLP, an investor rights law firm, is investigating the following companies for potential violations of the federal securities laws and/or breaches of fiduciary duties to shareholders relating to:
Covetrus, Inc. (NASDAQ: CVET)'s sale to funds affiliated with Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and TPG Capital for $21.00 per share in cash. If you are a Covetrus shareholder, click here to learn more about your rights and options.
PCSB Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: PCSB)'s sale to Brookline Bancorp, Inc. Under the terms of the merger agreement, PCSB shareholders will receive, for each share of PCSB, at the holder's election, either $22.00 in cash consideration or 1.3284 shares of Brookline common stock for each share of PCSB common stock. If you are a PCSB shareholder, click here to learn more about your rights and options.
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Get 'em While You Can at Participating Restaurants Nationwide Alongside Limited-Edition NCAA® March Madness® Basketball Hoop Packaging with the Return of the Big New Yorker
PLANO, Texas, March 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Pizza Hut announces the return of a beloved, limited-edition offering from the 1990s: Mini Basketballs. Just in time for NCAA® March Madness®, the 2023 Mini Basketballs will be available for a limited time only starting on March 14 at participating Pizza Hut restaurants nationwide for only $7 via the Pizza Hut website and Pizza hut app (taxes not included; prices and participation vary). The new Mini Basketballs feature a black and red pattern with "No One Out Pizzas The Hut"® text.
The return of this nostalgic offering from the 1990s comes on the heels of the resurgence of another fan-favorite Pizza Hut menu item: the Big New Yorker. The Big New Yorker, an XL 16" New York-style pizza available now for a limited time at participating restaurants nationwide, features six oversized, foldable slices with crispy crust and bold flavors including sweet marinara sauce and Parmesan oregano seasoning on top to mimic an authentic New York style pizzeria build.
For those who may be looking to practice free throws on their own at home, orders of the Big New Yorker pizza from participating locations will come with specialty March Madness® packaging that turns into a basketball hoop and backboard that pairs perfectly with the new Mini Basketballs. The interactive March Madness® Big New Yorker pizza box is available now at participating locations while supplies last.
"We're back again for the seventh year as the official pizza of March Madness® and we wanted to do something special for pizza loving basketball fans," said Lindsay Morgan, Chief Marketing Officer at Pizza Hut. "That's why we're bringing back a fan-favorite item, our Mini Basketballs, to pair perfectly with pizza orders during the tournament and unveiling interactive hoop pizza box packaging for customers to get into the basketball action at home."
Pizza Hut is also bringing back the "Pizza Hut®" challenge for the March Madness® men's tournament. Warner Bros. Discovery Sports and CBS Sports studio talent will be going head-to-head in a bracket-style tournament, playing with the Mini Basketballs in the hopes of taking home both bragging rights.
Additionally, in celebration of peak basketball season, Pizza Hut has teamed up with Culture Kings for an in-store activation at the streetwear destination's flagship store located at the Caesars Palace Forum Shops in Las Vegas on March 18. During the one-day event, pizza and basketball lovers will be able to enjoy a variety of activities ranging from basketball-themed games to pizza-themed photo moments; plus, they'll have the chance to get their hands on the limited-edition Pizza Hut Mini Basketballs.
For more information on where you can get the new Mini Basketballs visit the link here to find your nearest Pizza Hut location.
About Pizza Hut®
Pizza Hut, a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM), has more restaurant locations in the world than any other pizza company. Founded in 1958 in Wichita, Kan., Pizza Hut operates nearly 19,000 restaurants in more than 100 countries. With easy order options including the Pizza Hut mobile app, website, and Pizza Hut is committed to providing an easy pizza experience – from order to delivery – and has Hut Rewards®, the Pizza Hut loyalty program that offers points for every dollar spent on food any way you order. : Hut Rewards is open to U.S. residents 16+. See applicable terms at https://hutrewards.pizzahut.com/terms/.
Now more than ever, restaurants have an important role in helping to safely feed families. As the largest pizza brand in the world by store count, Pizza Hut is committed to doing its part. To help keep team members and customers safe, customers can get their favorite Pizza Hut pizza via three contactless offerings: curbside pickup, delivery, or carryout. After becoming the first national pizza brand to offer contactless curbside pickup, Pizza Hut launched The Hut Lane™, a dedicated digital order pick-up window available at more than 1,500 locations across the country.
Pizza Hut is the creator of The BOOK IT! Program, which is the nation's longest running corporate supported literacy program. Building on that legacy, the program's BOOK IT! in the Community Initiative is designed to enable access to books and education resources, empower teachers and inspire a lifelong love of reading. The program is rooted in the foundation set by the Pizza Hut BOOK IT! Program which impacts more than 14 million students each year.
Pizza Hut is the Official and Only Pizza Sponsor of the NCAA®.
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Man charged after two juveniles die by drug overdoses in Gaston County
Police said Sage Perry Wright sold fentanyl to the juveniles prior to their deaths.
BELMONT, N.C. (WBTV) - A man has been charged after two juveniles died due to drug overdoses in Gaston County earlier this year.
According to the Belmont Police Department, officers responded to an unspecified location where a family member found the two juveniles unconscious on Jan. 10.
Police said they were taken to the emergency room, but both died due to apparent overdoses.
In an ensuing investigation, detectives determined that 21-year-old Sage Perry Wright sold fentanyl to the juveniles before their deaths.
Autopsies and toxicology reports confirmed that they died from overdoses of illegal drugs.
Following the investigation, Belmont Police and the Gaston County District Attorney’s Office brought charges against Wright, charging him with conspiracy to sell and deliver, and death by distribution.
He was already in the Gaston County Jail when the charges were filed.
Due to the victims being juveniles, police did not release their names or ages.
Related: Man arrested on federal drug charges in Gaston County, police say
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SINGAPORE, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kenon Holdings Ltd. ("Kenon") (NYSE: KEN) (TASE: KEN) has previously announced that its Board of Directors has approved a capital reduction distribution in an aggregate amount of approximately $552 million, or $10.25 per share (the "Distribution"), and Kenon's shareholders approved the Distribution at Kenon's 2022 Annual General Meeting, contingent upon the approval of the High Court of the Republic of Singapore. Kenon is announcing today that the Distribution was approved by the High Court of the Republic of Singapore on June 14, 2022 and will be paid on July 5, 2022 (the "Payment Date") to Kenon's shareholders of record as of the close of trading on June 27, 2022 (the "Record Date").
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Wide receiver George Pickens is not scrimping on his goals when it comes to his second NFL season with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
“I want to get over 1,000 yards, go to the Pro Bowl,” Pickens said after a Pittsburgh OTA practice last week. “I want us to win the Super Bowl.”
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Selected from Georgia in the second round of the 2022 NFL Draft, the former Hoover High School star had 52 receptions for 801 yards and four touchdowns in his first season as the Steelers posted a 9-8 record and missed the playoffs.
Pickens’ rookie highlights include a 100-yard game against the New York Jets on Oct. 2 and one of the 2022 season’s best catches against the Cleveland Browns on Sept. 22. He also scored one touchdown on his three rushing attempts.
Pittsburgh is in the final portion of its offseason program, when teams are allowed to conduct 10 days of organized team practice activity, usually referred to as OTAs. The Steelers have their final four OTA practices scheduled for this week, then will wrap up their offseason program with mandatory minicamp on June 13-15.
“We’ve had a really good first couple of days here together,” said Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett about Pickens during an appearance on “The PM Team with Poni and Mueller” on KDKA-FM in Pittsburgh last week. “He’s got great communication. When we’re on the field and stuff, we’ll just constantly be talking about what we see, what he sees and where I need him, and he goes out there and does exactly what we ask him to do and then you just kind of let his talents take over. You don’t want to have him overthinking.
“I always just tell him I’ll just put it in his zip code, and he can do the rest. The guy makes unbelievable plays. Excited to go into Year 2 with him and build off what we did in Year 1 together.”
Pickett and Pickens were Pittsburgh’s first two draft picks last year. Each started 12 games in 2022, when the Steelers offense placed 26th in points, 23rd in total yards, 24th in passing yards and 16th in rushing yards among the NFL’s 32 teams.
The Steelers added two more former Georgia standouts – tackle Broderick Jones in the first round and tight end Darnell Washington in the third round – to their offense in the 2023 NFL Draft and signed guards Isaac Seumalo and Nate Herbig in free agency this offseason.
Pittsburgh also obtained nine-year veteran and three-time 1,000-yard receiver Allen Robinson in a trade with the Los Angeles Rams. Pickens said Robinson had been an asset to him during the offseason program.
“Just the ins and the outs, just the ways of the game, different coverages-wise,” Pickens said. “I played in the SEC, so I done seen almost every coverage, too, but how to attack it, whether a guy’s in man, whether he’s trailing you, that’s the type of stuff I ask Allen for.
“We’re always talking ball. When I talk to Allen, it’s always about football. When we were coming off like 20 minutes ago we was talking about a certain route, like: If we want to take that type of leverage, do we have to stem in that much?”
A Pro Bowler and a 1,000-yard receiver in 2021, wide receiver Diontae Johnson led Pittsburgh with 86 receptions for 882 yards in 2022, but he did not have a touchdown reception.
Johnson returns, and the Steelers have added Hakeem Butler to their wide-receiver corps after he finished second in the XFL with 51 receptions and 599 receiving yards and led the league with eight touchdown receptions this spring.
“I don’t know how the targets are going to go,” Pickens said. “I just know, when it come my way, I’m going to try to make a play.”
At Hoover, Pickens earned All-State recognition in 2017 and 2018. In Pickens’ first All-State season, the Bucs won their second AHSAA Class 7A championship in a row.
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The company was awarded #1 in the Customer Data, Tag Management, and Streaming Analytics categories
SAN DIEGO, May 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Tealium, the largest independent and most trusted customer data platform (CDP), announced it has earned three coveted awards from TrustRadius, an industry-leading technology review platform. Tealium claimed the top spot in three paramount categories: Customer Data, Tag Management, and Streaming Analytics. These awards are given based on customer feedback regarding overall satisfaction and service.
"TrustRadius awards are based directly on customer feedback and help software buyers make better purchasing decisions by highlighting products that provide high levels of customer satisfaction," said Megan Headley, VP of Research at TrustRadius. "Tealium's Customer Data Hub has won Top Rated Awards in Customer Data, Tag Management and Streaming Analytics."
TrustRadius is one of the most widely-used technology decision-making platforms for software buyers. Tealium has an overall TrustRadius score of 9 out of 10, the highest in all three recognized categories.
"Partnering with our customers to ensure they are able to realize value through our best-in-class people, practices and products is part of what makes Tealium the most trusted CDP," said Tony Nadalin, Chief Customer Officer at Tealium. "Helping our customers solve real-time problems with real-time data has been the cornerstone of Tealium's mission since its inception. Now, more than 850 businesses across the globe trust us to support them in their customer data journeys to achieving customer experience excellence. I'd like to thank the entire Tealium team, as well as all our trusted partners, for their hard work and relentless focus on always having a customer-first mentality."
According to a 10 out of 10 review from a marketing consultant at Travelers Insurance, "Tealium's Customer Data Hub is the Swiss army knife of data collection and management. Our company chose to use a third-party cookie consent option, and Tealium's Customer Data Hub was greatly instrumental in the deployment of this solution… Tealium's Customer Data Hub provides us with excellent customer support for the variety of tools that we use."
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PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Newly released body camera video shows the man accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students being pulled over for allegedly running a red light about a month before the killings.
The video shows Washington State University campus police stopping Bryan Kohberger on Oct. 14, 2022, in Pullman, the Idaho Statesman reported Thursday.
During the nearly 10-minute video, WSU Police Officer Isobel Luengas parks her vehicle behind Kohberger’s 2015 Hyundai Elantra in a parking lot. Luengas approaches Kohberger as he sits in the car and she says he drove through a red light. She asks for Kohberger’s license, vehicle registration and proof of insurance.
Kohberger tells the officer he was stuck in the middle of the intersection.
“I was behind you the whole time,” she said. “You’re not supposed to enter the intersection at all for that reason because if the light turns red, then you’re stuck in the intersection.”
Kohberger, then a WSU graduate student living in Pullman, says he is unfamiliar with how to drive through crosswalks because he’s from rural Pennsylvania and asks for further explanation.
“It never even occurred to me that was actually something wrong,” Kohberger said. “I’m just curious about the law. I don’t mean to disagree with anything.”
Luengas notes in the video that Kohberger’s registration was current, with an expiration of Nov. 22, 2022. The officer eventually lets him go with a warning.
Kohberger, 28, is charged with four counts of first-degree murder and burglary in connection with the stabbing deaths in Moscow, Idaho.
The bodies of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin were found on Nov. 13, 2022, at a rental home across the street from the University of Idaho campus.
The slayings shocked the Idaho community and neighboring Pullman, Washington, where Kohberger was a graduate student studying criminology at Washington State University.
Kohberger remains in custody with a court hearing set for late June. | https://www.koin.com/news/national/police-video-shows-idaho-killings-suspect-in-traffic-stop/ | 2023-05-06 03:04:13 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/news/national/police-video-shows-idaho-killings-suspect-in-traffic-stop/ |
King Charles III flew to Northern Ireland on Tuesday on the latest leg of his tour of the four parts of the United Kingdom, where crowds of well wishers gathered to greet him in a region with a contested British and Irish identity that is deeply divided over the British monarchy.
In the latest outpouring of affection since Queen Elizabeth II's death last Thursday, hundreds of people were lining the street leading to Hillsborough Castle, the royal family's official residence in Northern Ireland, just outside Belfast. The area in front of the gates to the castle was carpeted with hundreds of floral tributes.
On Monday night, Charles and his siblings, Anne, Andrew and Edward, their heads bowed, briefly stood vigil around their mother’s flag-draped coffin in St. Giles' Cathedral as members of the public filed past.
Earlier, a man wearing a suit adorned with medals stood silently, bowed his head and moved on. A woman dabbed away tears with a handkerchief. Another woman with two young children in their school uniforms walked slowly past the coffin.
In the line of mourners outside St. Giles’ Cathedral in the historic heart of Edinburgh, Sheila McLeay called the queen “a wonderful ambassador for our country.”
“She was such an example for every single one of us. She was dignified. She was just, she was beautiful inside and out. And I have known her all of my life. And I miss her very much,” she added.
Scotland, where the queen died Thursday at her beloved Balmoral estate in the Highlands after a 70-year reign, has been almost universal in its praise for the queen.
The British monarchy draws more mixed emotions in Northern Ireland, where there are two main communities: mostly Protestant unionists who consider themselves British and largely Roman Catholic nationalists who see themselves as Irish.
That split fueled three decades of violence known as “the Troubles” involving paramilitary groups on both sides and U.K. security forces, in which 3,600 people died. The royal family was touched personally by the violence: Lord Louis Mountbatten, a cousin of the queen and a much-loved mentor to Charles, was killed by an Irish Republican Army bomb in 1979.
A deep sectarian divide remains, a quarter century after Northern Ireland’s 1998 peace agreement.
But in a sign of how far Northern Ireland has come on the road to peace, representatives of Sinn Fein — the main Irish nationalist party, linked during the Troubles to the IRA — are attending commemorative events for the queen and meeting the king on Tuesday.
Sinn Fein’s president, Mary Lou McDonald, paid tribute to the 96-year-old monarch following her death last Thursday, calling her “a powerful advocate and ally of those who believe in peace and reconciliation.”
The president and prime minister of the neighboring Republic of Ireland are also due to attend the memorial service in Belfast, despite tense relations between Dublin and London over Brexit. Since Britain left the European Union in 2020, the U.K. and the EU have been wrangling over trade rules for Northern Ireland, the only part of the U.K. that shares a border with a member of the bloc.
After lying in the cathedral through most of Tuesday, the queen's coffin will be flown back to London and driven to her official London home, Buckingham Palace.
The Royal Air Force C-17 Globemaster plane that will carry the coffin has in the past been used to evacuate people from Afghanistan and to take humanitarian aid and weapons to Ukraine following Russia’s invasion, U.K. Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston said.
In the early hours of Tuesday, scores of workers were seen cleaning litter and weeds from the road between the air force base where the plane carrying the queen's coffin will land and central London. | https://www.abc15.com/news/world/king-charles-in-belfast-queens-coffin-to-return-to-london | 2022-09-13 13:28:58 | 1 | https://www.abc15.com/news/world/king-charles-in-belfast-queens-coffin-to-return-to-london |
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The races for two US House seats in Oregon remained unresolved Friday heading into the weekend, with tens of thousands of ballots left to be counted in the vote-by-mail state.
In Oregon’s 5th Congressional District, Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer had a thin lead over Democrat Jamie McLeod-Skinner for the seat. In the 6th Congressional District, Democrat Andrew Salinas was slightly ahead of Republican Mike Erickson, a businessman who is running for the third time.
A new law in Oregon allows votes to be counted as long as they are postmarked by Election Day, meaning that some ballots have just arrived at election offices and many county offices were closed Friday for Veteran’s Day.
Clackamas County, a vast county south of Portland that stretches from the suburbs to the rural flanks of Mount Hood, is key in both contests. Elections officials there said late Thursday that as many as 65,000 late-arriving ballots were left to be counted and staff would work through the weekend.
Salinas, a state representative, and Chavez DeRemer, former mayor the Portland suburb Happy Valley, are both seeking to be Oregon’s first Latina congresswoman.
A population boom made Oregon one of just six states to gain a House seat following the 2020 census. The state’s population jumped by more than 10% in the past decade to more than 4.2 million people, giving it a new congressional district — the 6th District — for the first time in 40 years.
The 5th District seat was left open when McLeod-Skinner, a progressive Democrat, beat seven-term incumbent and moderate Democrat Kurt Schrader in the primary. The defeat made Schrader the first incumbent Democratic congressman to lose his seat this year.
Republicans targeted the seat, which was largely redrawn following the 2020 census to include parts of central Oregon, in a hard-fought campaign. Democrats controlled four of the state’s previous five U.S. House seats, including in the 5th District. | https://www.wane.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-2-us-house-seats-in-oregon-still-unresolved-in-tight-races/ | 2022-11-11 23:35:23 | 1 | https://www.wane.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-2-us-house-seats-in-oregon-still-unresolved-in-tight-races/ |
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — State law enforcement officials are searching for a 1-year-old boy who went missing in Boca Raton.
A Missing Child Alert was issued for Gabriel Ristick early Friday morning.
Ristick is 2 feet 5 inches tall and 30 pounds with blonde hair and brown eyes.
Officials said the child was last seen in the 6000 block of West Glades Road in Boca Raton, wearing a black hoodie and blue jeans.
He may be in the company of Vinie Ristick, who was described as white, 5 feet 6 inches tall and 220 pounds. Vinie has black hair and green eyes.
The Risticks may be traveling in a gray 2014 Chrysler Town & Country with the Illinois tag number DQ83169.
Anyone with information regarding the child’s whereabouts is asked to call the Boca Raton Police Department at 561-368-6201 or 911. | https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/missing-child-alert-issued-for-florida-toddler-gabriel-ristick/ | 2022-12-23 11:07:00 | 1 | https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/missing-child-alert-issued-for-florida-toddler-gabriel-ristick/ |
DALLAS (AP) — Teri Moren wins AP women’s basketball Coach of the Year after leading Indiana to unprecedented heights. | https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/alert-teri-moren-wins-ap-women-s-basketball-17869014.php | 2023-03-30 16:30:53 | 1 | https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/alert-teri-moren-wins-ap-women-s-basketball-17869014.php |
Cal Poly Humboldt announced this week that it will partner with Comfort Inn, Motel 6 and Super 8 in Arcata to house 350 students off-campus this fall. The university is still searching for off-campus housing for an addition 650 returning students, since the on-campus beds — over 2,000 of them — will be prioritized for first-year students. The university said it will accommodate as many transfer and returning students on-campus as it can.
"Priority for on-campus housing will be given to first-time first-year students, who are not as familiar with the community and campus. We continue to seek additional partnerships within the community that will allow us to further expand our housing offerings to Cal Poly Humboldt students," Communications Specialist Grant Scott-Goforth said in a statement.
Housing has long been a concern at the university and in Arcata. The university says it is experiencing unprecedented enrollment growth, partly due to its transition to a Cal Poly school last year. The city, meanwhile, is currently working on a plan to produce much-needed housing.
"Cal Poly Humboldt is committed to sustaining a quality student experience throughout this time of growth and transition," the university said in a statement.
The hotels will be a temporary fix as the university works to provide a long-term solution to the housing shortage, and students who live off-campus will be charged a reduced rate for housing ($3,312 per semester compared to $3,486). They will have access to nearby public transit, and resident advisors will also live in the hotels.
Construction on a dorm that will house nearly 1,000 students is slated to begin this spring, but that option won’t be available for students to move in until 2025.
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Women's Ladies Open Lausanne Preview: How to Watch, Odds
Published: Jul. 24, 2023 at 3:43 AM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
In the Ladies Open Lausanne round of 32 today, there are nine matches, including No. 64-ranked Mirra Andreeva taking the court against No. 90 Diane Parry.
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- Date: July 24
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- Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
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AMARILLO, Texas — On the vast Texas Panhandle, raked by wind and relentless sun, women might drive for hours to reach Haven Health, a clinic in Amarillo.
One of more than 3,200 federal family-planning clinics nationwide, Haven serves both English and Spanish speakers, providing contraception, testing for pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, and cervical cancer screening, all at low cost or without charge to patients who are anxious, impoverished, or both.
Those patients include teenage girls — under 18 — seeking birth control pills or long-acting contraception.
But under a startling court decision issued in December, a federal judge ruled that such clinics violate Texas state law and federal constitutional rights, effectively cutting off a vital source of health care for young women across Texas.
Permission required
Women's health advocates and health care providers alike have decried the decision by a conservative judge appointed by President Donald Trump who is at the center of other reproductive rights cases. They say it is overly broad and unprecedented. (The ruling applies to the national regulations, but for now is followed only in Texas.)
"We can't even provide contraception for a gynecological issue," said Carolena Cogdill, CEO of Haven Health, adding that the ruling by U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk has had a chilling effect on care. "We had a young lady come in who had abnormal bleeding, and we wanted to prescribe contraception to help control that bleeding. And we couldn't do it because she was 16." The patient had said her mother would not understand, believing that her daughter was "going to go out and have sex and she just didn't want to go there," Cogdill said.
Texas law has long required that teenage girls have a parent's permission to get prescription contraception. But under the federal program Title X, certain clinics could provide contraception without parental consent. Established in 1970, Title X evolved out of the "War on Poverty" era and passed with broad bipartisan support. The legislation was signed by then-President Richard Nixon, a Republican, to provide family-planning services to low-income people, including minors, with the goal of reducing teen pregnancy.
But in July 2022, weeks after the Supreme Court rescinded constitutional protection for abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, Alexander R. Deanda, a father of three adolescent daughters who lives in Amarillo, sued the Department of Health and Human Services. He argued that the government had violated his constitutional right to direct the upbringing of his children.
In his suit, Deanda, a Christian, said he was "raising each of [his] daughters in accordance with Christian teaching on matters of sexuality" and that he could have no "assurance that his children will be unable to access prescription contraception" that "facilitate sexual promiscuity and premarital sex."
In his opinion, Kacsmaryk agreed, writing that "the use of contraception (just like abortion) violates traditional tenets of many faiths, including the Christian faith plaintiff practices."
Moreover, Kacsmaryk, who is a Christian, said the existence of federal clinics operating in Texas, where state law otherwise requires parental permission for teenage girls to receive contraception, posed an "immediate, present-day injury."
"Title X clinics are open most days and, therefore, they post an ongoing, continuous, and imminent risk," the judge wrote.
Religious versus legal arguments
The decision, which referenced Catholic catechisms and fourth-century religious text, stunned legal experts like Elizabeth Sepper, a law professor at the University of Texas at Austin, who said it was part of the rising influence of conservative Christian theology in the courts.
"We've seen religious arguments that increasingly come into the courts dressed up as legal arguments," Sepper said. "I think we're seeing a movement that began with a religious exemption, saying 'Let me structure my health care to suit my morals,' and we're moving toward an agenda that says, 'Let me structure all of health care according to my morals.'"
Neither Deanda nor his attorney, Jonathan Mitchell, the architect of Texas' pre-Dobbs abortion ban, responded to requests for comment.
The effects of teenage pregnancy on the arc of a woman's life can be profound. Half of teenage mothers receive a high school diploma by age 22, compared with 90% of young women who do not give birth as teens. Teen births can lead to poor outcomes for the next generation: Children of teenage mothers are more likely to drop out of high school and end up in jail or prison during adolescence.
Dr. Stephen Griffin, an assistant professor at Texas Tech University in Lubbock and a practicing OB-GYN, described access to birth control for young women as a "safety issue," adding that many parents underestimate their teenagers' sexual activity.
"We know that people who identify as regular church attendees are more likely to underestimate their child's risk-taking behavior in terms of sex," Griffin said. "We know that parents who feel they have open lines of communication with their children" also underestimate the risk.
Texas has one of the highest rates of teen pregnancy in the nation and the highest rate of repeat teen pregnancy — more than 1 in 6 teenagers who gave birth in Texas in 2020 already had a child. Health experts say the court decision banning access to contraception is likely to increase those numbers, following on the heels of other restrictions on reproductive health care in the state.
"Abortion is illegal in Texas. Kids aren't getting comprehensive sexual education in schools. A vast [number] of folks in Texas are living without health insurance," said Stephanie LeBleu, acting director of Every Body Texas, which administers the state's more than 150 Title X clinics. "So it does make it very difficult to get sexual health services."
The Biden administration appealed the Texas decision in February. In the meantime, LeBleu said, there is no safety net left here for teens.
"It robs them of their humanity," she said. "It robs them of their future, potentially. And it robs them of their bodily autonomy, and I think young people are more than capable of making decisions about their own health care."
Confidential and controversial
Decades of research shows that teens are more likely to seek sexual health care if they can do so confidentially. But for Texans like Christi Covington, the belief is that the law shouldn't make exceptions even in the hardest cases.
Covington lives in Round Rock, an Austin suburb. She was raised in a large evangelical family and is passing those teachings on to her three children. Leaving aside religious objections to birth control, she said, the family unit should be respected.
"God designed the world for there to be parents and then we have our offspring and that the parents care for those children, and that is design," she said. "And we do see that reflected in nature."
As for birth control, she said, "It feels like a band-aid."
"Let's give them birth control, and then we don't actually have to deal with what's happening in our society where these teens are getting pregnant so quickly and so easily," Covington said.
She added she already is required to give permission for her children's health care, including inoculations. "Honestly, I have to give consent all over the place for my children's other medical care," she said. "Why would we decide that this one area is exempt?"
But Rebecca Gudeman, senior director of health at the National Center for Youth Law, said 60% of teens involve their parents in such decisions.
"They do that not because the law requires them to do that, but because that's what they want to do," Gudeman said.
Some young people, she said, simply can't involve their parents or guardians, including couples like Victoria and Richard Robledo, who began dating — and having sex — when they were both minors. During those early days, Victoria said, she decided to get birth control but couldn't turn to her mother, a devout Catholic, for advice.
"We were a typical Hispanic household," Victoria recalled. "And so usually in households like mine, they don't want to talk about boyfriends or sex or anything like that."
But Victoria found a clinic less than a mile from her high school and was able to obtain birth control free of charge. The couple, now married and living in Clovis, New Mexico, just across the state border, has two children.
Victoria said being able to protect herself from pregnancy as a teenager changed the course of life, allowing her to go to college and her husband to join the military.
"We weren't worried about the fact that we may have a kid," she said. "We both were able to go out and live our own lives."
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Delaware State Hornets (4-16, 3-4 MEAC) vs. Morgan State Bears (11-11, 4-3 MEAC)
The Hornets have a 1-12 record against non-conference oppponents. Delaware State is seventh in the MEAC shooting 32.8% from downtown. O’Koye Parker leads the Hornets shooting 43.8% from 3-point range.
TOP PERFORMERS: Miller is averaging 17.6 points, 9.8 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 2.1 steals for the Bears. Isaiah Burke is averaging 20.9 points and 2.7 rebounds while shooting 46.7% over the last 10 games for Morgan State.
Jevin Muniz is shooting 30.0% from beyond the arc with 1.2 made 3-pointers per game for the Hornets, while averaging 8.5 points. Martez Robinson is averaging 9.9 points over the last 10 games for Delaware State.
LAST 10 GAMES: Bears: 7-3, averaging 74.6 points, 31.4 rebounds, 15.0 assists, 7.4 steals and 6.2 blocks per game while shooting 45.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 70.9 points per game.
Hornets: 3-7, averaging 62.2 points, 29.9 rebounds, 12.0 assists, 7.0 steals and 3.6 blocks per game while shooting 41.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 72.0 points.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Relatives of eight people killed in a Halloween terror attack on a New York City bike path spoke sometimes through tears at a Wednesday sentencing hearing for an Islamic extremist, describing their lingering pain and sometimes directly addressing the man convicted in the deaths.
Frank Decadt, father of victim Ann-Laure Decadt, told Sayfullo Saipov that he hoped that “one day you will understand the extent of horror you have inflicted on so many people.”
Marion Van Reeth, who lost her legs in the attack, sat before Saipov in her wheelchair, telling him: “I will never be able to walk like you can.”
As Saipov kept his head drooped and eyes lowered, listening to a translation of the proceedings through earphones, she said: “I have a question for you. After all this time in prison, are you still convinced that your criminal acts against innocent people was the right thing?”
Like others, she expressed hope that someday Saipov would see that his terrorist act was wrong.
Saipov’s sentencing in Manhattan federal court comes after a jury in March rejected the death penalty for the Uzbekistan citizen and onetime New Jersey resident, leaving him with a mandatory life sentence.
Prosecutors urged Judge Vernon S. Broderick to impose a sentence of eight consecutive life sentences — one for each death — and an additional 260 years in prison, according to a presentence submission.
“Saipov is an unabashed terrorist — a proud murderer who deserves no leniency and should be punished to the fullest extent of the law,” prosecutors wrote.
“After months of planning a vicious terrorist attack, Saipov got what he wanted: brutal carnage of innocent people, lives and families destroyed, and terror in New York City,” they added.
Gabriela Pabla Pereya, the wife of Ariel Erlij, who was among five men from Argentina killed during a bike ride as they celebrated the 30th anniversary of their high school graduation, delivered the shortest statement during the sentencing hearing. She called Saipov a coward and said if he truly wanted God “to accept and love you, go kill yourself.”
Monica Missio, whose son, Nicholas Cleves was killed, told Saipov his death “has completely destroyed my life.”
Saipov, 35, carried out his attack on Halloween in 2017 when he ran his rented truck onto a bike path in lower Manhattan that is popular with residents and tourists.
Five tourists from Argentina, two Americans and a Belgian woman were killed, and 18 others were seriously injured.
Saipov was shot by a police officer and immediately taken into custody after emerging from his truck shouting “God is great” in Arabic and waving paintball and pellet guns in the air.
Prosecutors said he smiled as he asked FBI agents who questioned him in a hospital room after the attack if they could hang an Islamic State group flag on the walls.
At his trial, his family members urged a life sentence, saying they hoped he would realize what he had done and express remorse. They said they wanted him to return to the passive person they remembered him as before he grew obsessed with online propaganda posted by the Islamic State militant group.
A former long-haul truck driver, Saipov moved legally to the U.S. from Uzbekistan in 2010 and lived in Ohio and Florida before joining his family in Paterson, New Jersey.
His lawyer, David Patton, told jurors that his actions were “senseless, horrific, and there’s no justification for them.”
Patton, who did not post a sentencing submission in the public file, did not return an email message Tuesday.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — For all the talk of how dynamic San Francisco's offense could look with Christian McCaffrey and Deebo Samuel, it was the 49ers defense that once again led the way.
McCaffrey ran for the go-ahead touchdown with 7:54 to play, and the Niners pitched a second-half shutout to beat the Los Angeles Chargers 22-16 Sunday night in their first game back from a bye week.
“I was proud of our team today,” coach Kyle Shanahan said. “I want to play better. I want to blow people out. I want to score every time we go. ... Those guys are tough to get in the end zone against and they did that to us today. But we still found a way to win."
The Niners (5-4) returned from the midseason break as healthy as they've been all season on offense and with hopes of making a second-half run. Their performance against the short-handed Chargers (5-4) was a slog at times but proved to be just enough to come out on top.
San Francisco fell behind by 10 points in the second quarter before rallying. Jimmy Garoppolo scored on a 1-yard sneak in the second quarter and then made the biggest play when he hit Brandon Aiyuk on a 24-yard pass on third-and-10 from the Chargers 26 midway through the fourth quarter.
McCaffrey ran it in on the next play and has now accounted for four touchdowns in three games since arriving from Carolina in a midseason trade.
Garoppolo went 19 for 28 for 240 yards while San Francisco relied heavily on the ground game, rushing 41 times for 157 yards, and defense.
“There’s different ways to win this league,” Garoppolo said. "We definitely made it hard on ourselves, that’s for sure. But a lot of resilient guys, a lot of mature guys. ... It wasn’t pretty early on and they were doing some things that gave us trouble, but we stuck with it.”
Justin Herbert went 21 for 35 for 196 yards with a touchdown pass for the Chargers, who were playing without both starting tackles and receivers.
After scoring a touchdown on their opening possession, the Chargers managed just three field goals — two on drives that started in Niners territory — the rest of the way against a stout San Francisco defense.
“They did a good job against the run in the second half,” coach Brandon Staley said. “We couldn’t get anything going in the run game, and in the passing game it was tight. The rush was coming, and there wasn’t a lot of air in the second and third level to take advantage of.”
The Chargers failed on two late chances, They took over at their 1 with 2:03 to play but turned it over on downs when Herbert's pass on fourth-and-3 from his own 8 went off Joshua Palmer's hands for an incompletion.
After holding San Francisco to a field goal, Herbert got another chance with 53 seconds to go but was intercepted by Talanoa Hufanga on the first play to seal the game.
“It didn’t go our way today,” Herbert said. “Unfortunately we fell short.”
San Francisco held the opposition scoreless in the second half for the second straight game after allowing 44 points to Kansas City in Week 8.
“We know that we’re we’re one of the best defenses in the league,” linebacker Fred Warner said. “We’ve shown that throughout the season. One bad game doesn’t define you.”
FAST START
The Chargers flipped the script from their recent games, when they became the first team since 1988 to trail by at least 10 points following the first quarter in four straight outings. Herbert completed all four passes on the opening drive, capped by a 32-yard TD strike to DeAndre Carter.
Los Angeles then held the Niners to a field goal after a drive inside the 10 and led 7-3 after one.
EJECTED
Niners linebacker Dre Greenlaw was ejected late in the second quarter when he delivered a helmet-to-helmet hit on Herbert. Herbert was forced to leave the game to be checked for a concussion.
“It blew my mind,” Shanahan said of the ejection.
Chase Daniel came in for the final three plays of the half. The Chargers' drive stalled and they settled for a field goal that made it 16-10. Herbert was cleared and returned at the start of the second half.
INJURIES
Chargers: DL Otito Ogbonnia (knee) and TE Gerald Everett (groin) left in the first half and didn't return. ... DL Christian Covington (pectoral) left in the fourth quarter.
49ers: WR Danny Gray rolled his ankle in warmups and didn't play.
UP NEXT
Chargers: Host Kansas City next Sunday night.
49ers: Play Arizona in Mexico City on Monday, Nov. 21.
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US average gas prices rise, now higher than Idaho’s average
BOISE, Idaho (KIFI) – Gas prices are surging across the country, but Idaho drivers aren’t feeling the pain – at least, for now.
According to AAA, the national average, which currently sits at $3.55 for a gallon of regular, is now slightly higher than Idaho’s state average of $3.54 per gallon – the first time that’s been the case since January 23 of this year.
While the U.S. average has increased by six cents in a week, Idaho pump prices have held steady.
“OPEC’s announcement that it will cut crude oil production by an additional 1 million barrels per day in May has already pushed the cost of crude above $80 per barrel, and the impact is starting to make its way down to the price of finished gasoline,” AAA Idaho public affairs director Matthew Conde said. “Idaho hasn’t been affected yet, but if prices continue to creep higher across the country, it’s only a matter of time before we follow suit, especially as fuel demand ramps up with the return of warm weather.”
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SPOKANE, Wash. — Once Washington's new law banning all future sales of "assault-style" weapons went into effect Tuesday, local gun shops began removing those firearms from their shelves.
The bill does not impact those who already own these firearms.
This legislation was brought forward at the request of Gov. Jay Inslee and Attorney General Bob Ferguson. They believe it is a necessary step to make Washington safer.
"I will say this, AR-15's shouldn't be idolized, they should be prohibited and that's what we're doing today," Inslee said at Tuesday's bill signing.
Many gun rights advocates hoped this day wouldn't come. But now that it has, it goes into effect immediately, which is why staff at Sharp Shooting Indoor range and gun shop in Spokane spent the morning making sure they were immediately in compliance.
According to the law, Washington gun dealers can no longer display any banned inventory.
"We don't have to like this law, we just have to follow it," Jeremy Ball, owner of Sharp Shooting said.
Before opening their doors, staff moved the banned inventory into storage. With about 100 firearms and associated gun parts in stock--it's not a quick process. Which is why they started boxing up the firearms late Monday night.
Ball is the second-generation owner of this family business. He said his parents built the gun shop on defense arms. That's why he's worried about how he'll keep the family business going under the new ban.
"A lot of concern on behalf of our staff of what's that looks like going forward, and how secure our jobs are going forward—mine included," Ball said. "Our hope is that we can carve out a new niche for ourselves. It's not going to be easy because it's almost like starting over again."
By the time doors opened at 10a.m., the law went into effect and several of Sharp Shooting's cases and shelf displays were empty.
For now, their inventory of banned firearms will sit in storage out of sight waiting to be sold out of state. The new law allows gun shops, like Sharp Shooting, 90 days to sell the banned firearms they already have in stock. But they can only be sold or transferred to customers out of state.
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the shy German theologian who tried to reawaken Christianity in a secularized Europe but will forever be remembered as the first pontiff in 600 years to resign from the job, died Saturday. He was 95.
Benedict stunned the world on Feb. 11, 2013, when he announced, in his typical, soft-spoken Latin, that he no longer had the strength to run the 1.2 billion-strong Catholic Church that he had steered for eight years through scandal and indifference.
His dramatic decision paved the way for the conclave that elected Pope Francis as his successor. The two popes then lived side-by-side in the Vatican gardens, an unprecedented arrangement that set the stage for future “popes emeritus” to do the same.
And now Francis will celebrate Benedict’s funeral Mass on Thursday, the first time in the modern age that a current pope will eulogize a retired one. As tributes poured in from political and religious leaders around the world, Francis himself praised Benedict’s “kindness” Saturday and thanked him for “his testimony of faith and prayer, especially in these final years of retired life.”
Speaking during a New Year’s Eve vigil, Francis said only God knew “of his sacrifices offered for the good of the church.”
The former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger never wanted to be pope, planning at age 78 to spend his final years writing in the “peace and quiet” of his native Bavaria.
Instead, he was forced to follow the footsteps of the beloved St. John Paul II and run the church through the fallout of the clerical sex abuse scandal and then a second scandal that erupted when his own butler stole his personal papers and gave them to a journalist.
Being elected pope, he once said, felt like a “guillotine” had come down on him.
Nevertheless, he set about the job with a single-minded vision to rekindle the faith in a world that, he frequently lamented, seemed to think it could do without God.
“In vast areas of the world today, there is a strange forgetfulness of God,” he told 1 million young people gathered on a vast field for his first foreign trip as pope, to World Youth Day in Cologne, Germany, in 2005. “It seems as if everything would be just the same even without him.”
He echoed that theme in his final will released by the Vatican on Saturday night, urging the faithful especially in his homeland to “stand firm in the faith!” Two pages in length and dated 2006, the will also touched on a theme dear to his heart of the beneficial dialogue between faith and reason.
With some decisive, often controversial moves, he tried to remind Europe of its Christian heritage. And he set the Catholic Church on a conservative, tradition-minded path that often alienated progressives. He relaxed the restrictions on celebrating the old Latin Mass and launched a crackdown on American nuns, insisting that the church stay true to its doctrine and traditions in the face of a changing world.
It was a path that in many ways was reversed by his successor, Francis, whose mercy-over-morals priorities alienated the traditionalists who had been so indulged by Benedict.
Benedict’s style couldn’t have been more different from that of John Paul or Francis. No globe-trotting media darling or populist, Benedict was a teacher, theologian and academic to the core: quiet and pensive with a fierce mind. He spoke in paragraphs, not soundbites. He had a weakness for orange Fanta as well as his beloved library; when he was elected pope, he had his entire study moved — as is — from his apartment just outside the Vatican walls into the Apostolic Palace. The books followed him to his retirement home.
“In them are all my advisers,” he said of his books in the 2010 book-length interview “Light of the World.” “I know every nook and cranny, and everything has its history.”
It was Benedict’s devotion to history and tradition that endeared him to members of the traditionalist wing of the Catholic Church. For them, Benedict remained even in retirement a beacon of nostalgia for the orthodoxy and Latin Mass of their youth — and the pope they much preferred over Francis.
In time, this group of arch-conservatives, whose complaints were amplified by sympathetic U.S.-based conservative Catholic media, would become a key source of opposition to Francis who responded to what he said were threats of division by reimposing the restrictions on the old Latin Mass that Benedict had loosened.
Like his predecessor, Benedict made reaching out to Jews a hallmark of his papacy. His first official act as pope was a letter to Rome’s Jewish community and he became the second pope in history, after John Paul, to enter a synagogue.
In his 2011 book, “Jesus of Nazareth,” Benedict made a sweeping exoneration of the Jewish people for the death of Christ, explaining biblically and theologically why there was no basis in Scripture for the argument that the Jewish people as a whole were responsible for Jesus’ death.
“It’s very clear Benedict is a true friend of the Jewish people,” said Rabbi David Rosen, who heads the interreligious relations office for the American Jewish Committee, at the time of Benedict’s retirement.
Yet Benedict also offended some Jews who were incensed at his constant defense of and promotion toward sainthood of Pope Pius XII, the World War II-era pope accused by some of having failed to sufficiently denounce the Holocaust. And they harshly criticized Benedict when he removed the excommunication of a traditionalist British bishop who had denied the Holocaust.
Benedict’s relations with the Muslim world were also a mixed bag. He riled Muslims with a speech in September 2006 — five years after the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States — in which he quoted a Byzantine emperor who characterized some of the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad as “evil and inhuman,” particularly his command to spread the faith “by the sword.”
A subsequent comment after the massacre of Christians in Egypt led the Al Azhar center in Cairo, the seat of Sunni Muslim learning, to suspend ties with the Vatican that were only restored under Francis.
The Vatican under Benedict suffered notorious PR gaffes, and sometimes Benedict himself was to blame. He enraged the United Nations and several European governments in 2009 when, en route to Africa, he told reporters that the AIDS problem couldn’t be resolved by distributing condoms.
“On the contrary, it increases the problem,” Benedict said. A year later, he issued a revision saying that if a male prostitute were to use a condom to avoid passing HIV to his partner, he might be taking a first step toward a more responsible sexuality.
But Benedict’s legacy was irreversibly colored by the global eruption in 2010 of the sex abuse scandal, even though as a cardinal he was responsible for turning the Vatican around on the issue.
Documents revealed that the Vatican knew very well of the problem yet turned a blind eye for decades, at times rebuffing bishops who tried to do the right thing.
Benedict had firsthand knowledge of the scope of the problem, since his old office — the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which he had headed since 1982 — was responsible for dealing with abuse cases.
In fact, it was he who, before becoming pope, took the then-revolutionary decision in 2001 to assume responsibility for processing those cases after he realized bishops around the world weren’t punishing abusers but were just moving them from parish to parish where they could rape again.
And once he became pope, Benedict essentially reversed his beloved predecessor, John Paul, by taking action against the 20th century’s most notorious pedophile priest, the Rev. Marcial Maciel. Benedict took over Maciel’s Legionaries of Christ, a conservative religious order held up as a model of orthodoxy by John Paul, after it was revealed that Maciel sexually abused seminarians and fathered at least three children.
In retirement, Benedict was faulted by an independent report for his handling of four priests while he was bishop of Munich; he denied any personal wrongdoing but apologized for any “grievous faults.”
As soon as the abuse scandal calmed down for Benedict, another one erupted.
In October 2012, Benedict’s former butler, Paolo Gabriele, was convicted of aggravated theft after Vatican police found a huge stash of papal documents in his apartment. Gabriele told Vatican investigators he gave the documents to Italian journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi because he thought the pope wasn’t being informed of the “evil and corruption” in the Vatican and that exposing it publicly would put the church on the right track.
Once the “Vatileaks” scandal was resolved, including with a papal pardon of Gabriele, Benedict felt free to make the extraordinary decision that he had hinted at previously: He announced that he would resign rather than die in office as all his predecessors had done for almost six centuries.
“After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths due to an advanced age are no longer suited” to the demands of being the pope, he told cardinals.
He made his last public appearances in February 2013 and then boarded a helicopter to the papal summer retreat at Castel Gandolfo, to sit out the conclave in private. Benedict then largely kept to his word that he would live a life of prayer in retirement, emerging only occasionally from his converted monastery for special events and writing occasional book prefaces and messages.
Usually they were innocuous, but one 2020 book — in which Benedict defended the celibate priesthood at a time when Francis was considering an exception — sparked demands for future “popes emeritus” to keep quiet.
Despite his very different style and priorities, Francis frequently said that having Benedict in the Vatican was like having a “wise grandfather” living at home.
Benedict was often misunderstood: Nicknamed “God’s Rottweiler” by the unsympathetic media, he was actually a very sweet and fiercely smart academic who devoted his life to serving the church he loved.
“Thank you for having given us the luminous example of the simple and humble worker in the vineyard of the Lord,” Benedict’s longtime deputy, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, told him in one of his final public events as pope.
Benedict inherited the seemingly impossible task of following in the footsteps of John Paul when he was elected the 265th leader of the Church on April 19, 2005. He was the oldest pope elected in 275 years and the first German in nearly 1,000 years.
Born April 16, 1927, in Marktl Am Inn, in Bavaria, Benedict wrote in his memoirs of being enlisted in the Nazi youth movement against his will in 1941, when he was 14 and membership was compulsory. He deserted the German army in April 1945, the waning days of the war.
Benedict was ordained, along with his brother, Georg, in 1951. After spending several years teaching theology in Germany, he was appointed bishop of Munich in 1977 and elevated to cardinal three months later by Pope Paul VI.
His brother Georg was a frequent visitor to the papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo until he died in 2020. His sister died years previously. His “papal family” consisted of Monsignor Georg Gaenswein, his longtime private secretary who was always by his side, another secretary and consecrated women who tended to the papal apartment.
They were present when Benedict received the sacrament of the anointing of the sick on Wednesday, after his daily Mass.
Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said Benedict’s health had deteriorated over Christmas. He announced the death Saturday morning: “With sorrow I inform you that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI died today at 9:34 in the Mater Ecclesia Monastery in the Vatican.”
Benedict’s body will be on public display in St. Peter’s Basilica starting Monday for the faithful to pay their final respects. In keeping with Benedict’s request for a simple funeral and also to underscore he is no longer pope, the Vatican only invited official delegations from Germany and Italy to attend, while other leaders can participate in their private capacity, according to a diplomatic note obtained Saturday by The Associated Press.
Benedict had indicated previously that he wanted to be buried in the crypt in the grotto underneath St. Peter’s Basilica once occupied by his predecessor’s tomb, which was moved upstairs into the main basilica in recent years. Bruni said Saturday he had no information on Benedict’s eventual resting place.
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Alabama leaders blasted reports that President Biden may block the move of the Space Command headquarters to the state over its abortion laws.
Alabama lawmakers voiced their concerns Tuesday over a recent NBC report that quotes people familiar with the matter saying the move was delayed over the state’s abortion polices passed last year that ban nearly all abortions — including for incest and rape.
“Alabama is the only choice for Space Command Headquarters — no ifs, ands or buts about it. The contest wasn’t even close,” Gov. Kay Ivey (R) tweeted. “The Pentagon knows it. And the White House knows it.”
“I’ll keep saying it, and Alabama will keep proving it until HQ is officially in Huntsville,” Ivey wrote.
Alabama Republicans announced in 2021 that the Space Command headquarters will be housed in their home state. The Space Command is separate from the Space Force, which is the military service responsible for carrying out the the actions of the command.
The Space Command is the military’s 11th unified combatant command, and uses forces from each of the military services to carry out directed missions in the space domain.
GOP lawmakers that represent the state also expressed their outrage in statements following the NBC report.
Sen. Katie Britt (R) accused the Biden administration of playing politics with the headquarters, saying that it’s in the best interest of national security.
“President Biden’s plans would irresponsibly yank a military decision out of the Air Force’s hands in the name of partisan politics,” Britt said in a statement. “Huntsville finished first in both the Air Force’s Evaluation Phase and Selection Phase, leaving no doubt that the Air Force’s decision to choose Redstone as the preferred basing location was correct purely on the merits.”
“That decision should remain in the Air Force’s purview,” Britt added.
Rep. Dale Strong said in a statement that any change in location for the headquarters would be a “slight” against those serving in the military, and accused the White House of “bowing down to political pressure over what’s best for the military and national defense.”
“I’ve seen all the reviews and reports on the basing process — but don’t remember access to late-term abortions being one of the 21 criteria used to evaluate the sites,” he tweeted.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville also accused the Biden administration of “undermining” the U.S.’s readiness by delaying the move of the headquarters, noting that the headquarters “would be best served in Huntsville.”
The state’s lone Democrat in the House shared similar sentiments with her GOP counterparts.
“The White House should immediately reconfirm Huntsville as the headquarters of Space Command,” Rep. Terri Sewell posted to Twitter. “To change course would be because of politics and not merit. Surely, the Biden Administration would not allow politics to improperly influence this decision.” | https://fox59.com/hill-politics/alabama-leaders-balk-at-report-biden-may-block-space-command-hq-move-over-abortion-laws/ | 2023-05-16 22:47:39 | 0 | https://fox59.com/hill-politics/alabama-leaders-balk-at-report-biden-may-block-space-command-hq-move-over-abortion-laws/ |
Earth Day began in 1970 and takes place on April 22 every year.
Here are 10 questions to test your knowledge of the planet.
1. A day on Earth is 24 hours but it always hasn’t been that way. Are the days getting longer or shorter?
Answer: Longer. According to NASA, the length of Earth’s day is increasing. When Earth was formed 4.6 billion years ago, its day would have been roughly six hours long. By 620 million years ago, this had increased to 21.9 hours. Today, the average day is 24 hours long, but is increasing by about 1.7 milliseconds every century.
The reason? The moon is slowing down Earth’s rotation through the tides that it helps create.
2. What country has the driest place on Earth?
A) U.S.
B) Saudi Arabia
C) Chile
Answer C: The driest place in the world — the Atacama Desert in northern Chile — is next to the biggest body of water — the Pacific Ocean. Average annual rainfall in Arica, Chile, is just 0.03 inches. It is believed that Atacama’s Calama city saw no rain for 400 years until a sudden storm in 1972. Unlike most deserts, the Atacama is relatively cold and, in its most arid parts, does not even host cyanobacteria — green photosynthetic microorganisms that live in rocks or under stones.
3. The sun is about 93 million miles from Earth. How long does it take light from the sun to reach Earth?
A) About 20 minutes
B) About 8 minutes
C) About 1 day
Answer B: The light of the Sun takes 8.25 minutes to reach us.
4. If the Sun were as tall as an average door front, about what size would Earth be?
A) A nickel
B) A tennis ball
C) A basketball
Answer A
5. Is the snow-covered continent Antarctica (pictured above) a desert?
1) Yes
2) No
Answer: Yes. Antarctica is the southernmost continent, located primarily south of the Antarctic Circle (66°S). Antarctica is considered a desert because it receives very little rain or snowfall, and the small amount of snow it does receive builds up over hundreds and thousands of years to form large, thick ice sheets. The continent’s terrain is made up of glaciers, ice shelves and icebergs. The only plants that can survive the extreme cold are lichens, mosses and algae. Antarctica ranks only fifth in size (larger than Europe and Australia) and it is large enough that the entire U.S. could fit within its 5.4 million-square-mile size.
6. Of the eight planets (dwarf planet Pluto not included) in our solar system, where does Earth rank in terms of being the largest?
A) Third
B) Fourth
C) Fifth
Answer B: The Earth’s diameter (distance straight through the middle) measures 7,917.5 miles, making it the fourth-largest planet in the solar system. Jupiter, the largest planet, is 11 times the size of Earth.
7. What is the upper limit of our atmosphere called?
A) Stratosphere
B) Thermosphere
C) Exosphere
Answer C: There are six layers in our atmosphere. The exosphere extends from the top of the thermosphere up to 6,200 miles.
8. What percentage of the Earth is covered by water?
A) 71%
B) 81%
C) 91%
Answer A: About 71% of the Earth’s surface is water-covered, and the oceans hold about 96.5% of all Earth’s water. Water also exists in the air as water vapor, in rivers and lakes, in icecaps and glaciers, in the ground as soil moisture and in aquifers, and even in you and your dog. Water is never sitting still.
This image above shows blue spheres representing relative amounts of Earth’s water in comparison to the size of the Earth. Each sphere represents volume. They show that in comparison to the volume of the globe, the amount of water on the planet is very small. Oceans account for only a thin film of water on the surface.
The largest sphere represents all of Earth’s water. Its diameter is about 860 miles (the distance from Salt Lake City to Topeka, Kansas) and has a volume of about 332,500,000 cubic miles. If all of the world’s water were poured on the contiguous United States, it would cover the land to a depth of about 107 miles.
You can learn more at the USGS site here.
9. What county is the world’s tallest waterfall in?
A) Denmark
B) Venezuela
C) U.S.
Answer A: The world’s largest waterfall is in the ocean in the Denmark Strait, between Greenland and Iceland. The height of the Denmark Strait cataract is approximately 11,500 feet. By comparison, the largest waterfall on land is Angel Falls in Venezuela and is 3,212 feet.
This infographic illustrates how a large underwater cataract (waterfall) naturally forms underneath the waves within the Denmark Strait.
10. How many miles per hour do winds need to be for a storm to be classified as a hurricane?
A) 55 mph
B) 74 mph
C) 84 mph
Answer B: A tropical storm becomes a hurricane if its winds reach 74 mph.
Bonus question: How many miles per hour is the Earth moving on its orbit around the sun?
A) 6,700 mph
B) 67,000 mph
Answer B: The rate is faster at the equator and slower at the poles. In addition to this daily rotation, Earth orbits the Sun at an average speed of 67,000 mph, or 18.5 miles a second.
Score:
- 5-10 correct: Earth science whiz
- Four or less: Martian
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Putin signs annexation of Ukrainian regions as losses mount
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed laws formally absorbing four Ukrainian regions into Russia, even as its military is struggling to hang on to control of the regions it illegally annexed.
The documents finalizing the annexation carried out in defiance of international laws were published on a Russian government website on Wednesday morning.
Earlier this week, both houses of the Russian parliament ratified treaties making the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions part of Russia. That followed Kremlin-orchestrated “referendums” in the four regions that Ukraine and the West have rejected as a sham.
On the ground, Moscow’s war in Ukraine has entered a new, more dangerous phase. Russia faces mounting setbacks, with Ukrainian forces retaking more and more land in the east and in the south — the very regions Moscow has pushed to annex.
The borders of the territories Russia is claiming still remain unclear, but the Kremlin has vowed to defend Russia’s territory — the newly absorbed regions, too — with any means at its disposal, including nuclear weapons.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy responded to the annexation by announcing a fast-track application to join NATO and formally ruling out talks with Russia. Zelenskyy’s decree, released Tuesday, declares that holding negotiations with Putin has become impossible after his decision to take over the four regions of Ukraine.
The head of Zelenskyy’s office, Andriy Yermak, wrote on his Telegram channel shortly after Putin signed the annexation that “the worthless decisions of the terrorist country (Russia) are not worth the paper they are signed on.
“A collective insane asylum can continue to live in a fictional world,” he added.
Kyiv’s military said Wednesday they have recaptured more villages in the southern Kherson region as a part of their massive counteroffensive effort. Operational Command South said that the Ukrainian flag has been raised above Liubymivka, Khreschenivka, Zolota Balka, Biliaivka, Ukrainka, Velyka and Mala Oleksandrivka villages.
On the battlefield on Wednesday morning, multiple explosions rocked Bila Tserkva, setting off fires at what were described as infrastructure facilities in the city to the south of the capital Kyiv, regional leader Oleksiy Kuleba said on Telegram.
Early indications are that the city was attacked by so-called “kamikaze” or suicide drones, he said.
Bila Tserkva is about 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Kyiv.
Russia has increasingly been using suicide drones in recent weeks, posing a new challenge to Ukrainian defenses. The unmanned vehicles can stay aloft for long periods of time before diving into their targets and detonating their payload at the last moment.
Many of the earlier attacks by the Iranian-made drones happened in the south of the country and not near the capital, which hasn’t been targeted for weeks.
In a later post, Kuleba said that a total of six Shahed-136 drones struck the city, one of the largest in the region after Kyiv itself. One person was injured in the attacks.
Dozens of rescue workers were on the scene and still working to extinguish the fires hours after the attacks were reported, he said.
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Sitiveni Rabuka was confirmed as Fiji’s next prime minister on Saturday more than two decades after the former military commander first held the office in a term lasting nearly seven years.
The 74-year-old won the nomination by one vote over incumbent Frank Bainimarama at a sitting of the Fijian Parliament in Suva.
Rabuka, the head of the People’s Alliance Party, was elevated to the position after forming a majority coalition with two other parties following last week’s close and contentious election.
He will be officially sworn in later Saturday at Government House.
The tripartite coalition had announced on Tuesday its intention to form a government with a combined 29 seats compared to the 26 held by Bainimarama’s Fiji First Party.
The People’s Alliance Party and affiliated National Federation Party shared 26 seats but were able to form an alliance with the Social Democrat Liberal Party to break the deadlock.
But Bainimarama, who had served as Fiji’s prime minister for almost 16 years, and Fiji First refused to concede the election results in the days following the polls.
A secret ballot of lawmakers on Saturday chose Rabuka 28-27.
The result indicated that one member of the new ruling coalition was against the change in prime minister.
The same ballot split occurred in voting for the roles of house speaker and deputy speaker earlier during a Christmas Eve parliamentary session lasting three hours.
It has been a tense week in Fiji, a Pacific nation where democracy remains fragile.
On Thursday, army and navy personnel were reportedly called in to protect minority groups over threats against them following the election.
There have been four military coups in Fiji over the past 35 years, and both Rabuka and Bainimarama have held lead roles in previous moves to oust former Fijian leaders.
Rabuka, who was also prime minister between 1992 and 1999, instigated two coups in 1987.
Bainimarama instigated a coup in 2006 that led to the removal of Laisenia Quarase as prime minister, a role he then assumed until the elevation of Rabuka on Saturday.
Earlier in the sitting, Naiqama Lalabalavu was appointed the new speaker of the house after a secret ballot saw him receive one vote more than Fiji First candidate Epeli Nailatikau, who served as president of Fiji from 2009 to 2015.
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Russia's invasion of Ukraine, rising energy costs and our ongoing struggles with the coronavirus pandemic take up a lot of our attention these days. But there's more going on a lot closer to home -- you just might not know it, because your local newspaper is gone.
More than a quarter of hometown newspapers have disappeared in the last century, leaving about 70 million Americans with little or no way to stay informed about their city and county governments, schools or businesses. As the country heads toward the 2022 midterm elections, Americans are increasingly turning to friends and social media to stay informed -- which isn't always trustworthy, as we learned during the 2016 election when around 44% of Americans were exposed to disinformation and misinformation through untrustworthy websites.
"The state of local news in America is dire," said Tim Franklin, senior associate dean of Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism and head of the Medill Local News Initiative.
Local journalism isn't just a nice idea. Community newspapers report some of the most important stories in our country. That includes the Boston Globe's 2002 series exposing the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston's sex abuse of minors, Sara Ganim and The Patriot-News' coverage revealing Penn State sex abuse scandal involving Jerry Sandusky and the Charleston Gazette-Mail's 2017 expose on opioids flooding into West Virginia.
But for every Pulitzer Prize-winning local journalism story, there are countless more that have served as chroniclers of their communities and watchdogs of the people in power. And when they aren't there, research from the Brookings Institute found there's generally more government waste and fraud.
"When you have less local news, there's various effects, some of which you'd find predictable: lower voting turnout, more corruption, more waste," said Steven Walden, president and co-founder of Report For America, a nonprofit that funds young reporters to work in understaffed newsrooms throughout the US. "There's also evidence that you have more polarization and misinformation."
The journalism industry has been struggling to adapt. Advertising, once a vital part of the newspaper world, has shifted to online. Meanwhile, profit-hungry newspaper owners have chosen to lay off staff and reduce the quality of their products.
Nonprofit organizations have stepped up to support newsrooms in several ways, but ultimately, they live or die by their communities. Many local papers and radio stations depend on individual donations to fund reporting that would never be done by larger publications, covering civic meetings and investigating local issues that lead to exposés which fix injustices. Even simply signing up for and reading local news draws people closer to issues that affect them -- and reinforces what publications do.
"A good local news organization is a problem solver: it identifies problems and helps a community come together to solve it," said Penelope Abernathy, visiting professor at Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism, who heads a site dedicated to mapping news deserts, areas with one or zero local papers. "And a good news organization shows you how you are related to people you may not know you're related to in another part of the county, region or state."
Long, withering decline
Journalism jobs have been shrinking for decades, driven by declining newspaper circulation and the rise in digital advertising. The news industry's advertising and subscription businesses have roughly halved over the past decade. Much of that money's shifted to Google, Facebook and Amazon, which together now hold 64% of the US online advertising market.
For newspapers, that shift in spending is catastrophic. In the decade after the great recession in 2009, the Pew Research Center found newspaper newsroom employment in the US had dropped by more than half, to about 35,000 workers.
Ironically, the news industry has more readers than ever before – upwards of 10 times as many, according to Danielle Coffey, vice president and general council of the News Media Alliance.
"We don't have a broken product. It's being consumed at exponential rates," she said. "The source of the problem is the revenue problem."
It wasn't always this way.
The founding fathers believed so strongly in newspapers as a public good that they set up government subsidies for postal rates, reducing the cost of distributing the news – which at the time, was delivered on horseback.
In the 1960s and '70s, though, publicly traded paper owners began fixating on profits. To impress shareholders, news organizations conglomerated into big chains that gobbled up local papers into regional networks, said Amanda Lotz, professor of the Digital Media Research Centre at Queensland University.
"The financialization pressure really moves [newspapers] away from the balance between a commercial and public service enterprise of providing news to a community," Lotz said.
Rounds of acquisitions resulted in the gutting of editorial budgets and staff. With fewer reporters, newspapers started relying on national stories published by wire services, a trend that created "ghost papers" that had little or no local content. Meanwhile, the internet became an easy substitution for things online that had until then been exclusive to the paper, like weather, sports scores, classifieds and even news.
Venture capitalists and other financial firms began buying up newspapers in the 1980s but rapidly accelerated in the last two decades, growing to own over 23% of US newsrooms today while wringing out profits with more layoffs. As a result, from 2004 until the start of the pandemic in 2020, the US lost a quarter (around 2100) of its newspapers, according to a report from the University of North Carolina's Hussman School of Journalism and Media. By the end of last year, another hundred were gone, Poynter reported, expanding news deserts that are mostly located in financially-impacted rural areas in the country's interior.
Some papers have tried to rely more heavily on subscriptions, while transitioning to mainly digital publishing. Some success stories include the Chattanooga Times Free Press, which has been operating since 1869. Last September, it switched to a daily digital edition and a single print edition on Sunday from a daily print edition. The publication spent $6.1 million to give all its monthly subscribers iPads and train them one-on-one how to use them to access their daily paper, and it's retained subscribers through the transition.
"There are some real success stories in this transition. If you can lower your paper costs and your distribution costs and if you can attract enough digital subscribers, you can support a local newsroom on that. But many local news organizations are still getting a significant chunk of their revenue from print advertising," Medill's Franklin said.
Legislative fix, maybe
One way the news industry could regain revenue and profit is to seek compensation from big tech platforms. After all, advocates say, Facebook, Google, Twitter make money selling ads next to links, videos and photos published and shared freely to their networks.
Legislators in Australia were the first to pass a law in February 2021 requiring Google and Facebook to negotiate with publishers for compensation to use their work, while France followed with its own legislation shortly thereafter. The latter locked horns with Google before finally securing legal assurance that the search giant would pay local media outlets when they appear in search results. Critics like the Electronic Frontier Foundation lament that the Australian and French laws ensured deals for big media publishers at the expense of smaller ones, but that hasn't stopped Canada and the UK from gearing up to pass their own versions.
A version of that idea in the US, called the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act, was proposed in March, 2021 by Senators Amy Klobuchar, Rand Paul, Cory Booker, and Lindsey Graham -- a rare bipartisan effort. The bill would allow news organizations to collectively bargain with tech companies for compensation, but hasn't moved out of committee yet.
Another idea to fund journalism Is the Local Journalism Sustainability Act introduced a year ago in the House by Representatives Ann Kirkpatrick and Dan Newhouse. That bill, if it were to become law, would give newsrooms around $50,000 annually in tax breaks to hire reporters. Small businesses, meanwhile, would receive $5,000 for the first year to advertise in local papers, and Americans would get a $250 stipend to pay for news subscriptions. It's unlikely to pass, though, in part because of partisan bickering over other spending plans on Capitol Hill.
"We need to make sure these publications can sustain themselves through this crisis and beyond, and I believe the credits in this bill make significant progress in providing a pathway to that sustainability," Rep. Kirkpatrick said when announcing the bill.
Nonprofit newsrooms
Some news organizations are finding funding beyond ads and subscriptions. Nonprofit foundations and philanthropic organizations are funneling grants and other aid money to newsrooms, including a new wave of nonprofit publications, like ProPublica, which run mostly on foundation and individual donations.
The American Journalism Project is a self-described venture philanthropy firm that to date has raised $90 million to back 32 local nonprofit newsrooms. Founded in 2019, it's also helped launch four more, taking the startup incubation model and applying it to digital newsrooms.
The organization focuses on both funding newsrooms and guiding them toward self-sustainability by diversifying their revenue streams, said Sarabeth Berman, CEO of the American Journalism Project. Newsrooms they've helped grow by around 67% in their first year and are projected to double their revenue in three years.
"Will local news only be nonprofit? No. Is nonprofit news vital for the future of an informed citizenry? We think so," Berman said.
Report For America, founded in 2017, describes itself as a service organization, which helps pair young reporters fresh out of college with legacy newsrooms. The organization financially supports the reporter by paying half their salary (up to $25,000) the first year, then a third (up to $20,000) the following year. After that, it's up to the publication to decide whether to hire them permanently.
"If you're not in New York or Boston or Washington, some of these news organizations have trouble getting people to go out to smaller towns," said Report For America's Waldman. "We have a very significant recruiting operation and are able to create a sort of self-selected group of people who are really passionate about local."
Report For America has grown its graduating class to 315 reporters this year, up from 29 in 2017. Stories like Laura Roche of the Charlotte News & Observer writing about the fraught debate over museums returning the unethically sourced remains of Black people, like Sierra Clark of the Traverse City Record-Eagle writing about Melissa Isaac and many others in her Anishinaabek Neighbors series, or like Brandon Drenon of the Indianapolis Star writing about the NAACP and others criticizing Indiana schools for failing Black students.
Report for America also connects newsrooms with donors in their area in an effort to get the community more involved in funding its local news again.
"Our goal is to actually help change the local business models in a way that they can sustain that," Waldman said.
The nonprofit Knight Foundation pledged to give $300 million to news organizations in 2019, some of which will go to both the American Journalism Project and Report For America, among other nonprofits that in turn support local newsrooms -- efforts that can be seen city by city on this interactive map. The flow of financial support is important for local newsrooms that operate on nonprofit and for-profit models, which are both valuable to their communities, said Jim Brady, vice president of the Knight Foundation's journalism program.
"Nonprofits tend to be more investigative or enterprise in nature, and the for-profits tend to provide more information on how consumers can live their daily lives. So we think both must be part of the answer to how local news can thrive," Brady said.
What to do if you don't have local journalism
News experts have advice for what to do if you live in a news desert, with little or no coverage. First on the list: Stop thinking that social media posts are an informative replacement for reporting. Social media can help people know what's going on, but it's rife with bias and misinformation.
"There's a proliferation of misinformation and disinformation that goes unchecked because there's no local journalist checking on the facts. [Social media is] a place where unvetted gossip can get spread," Franklin said.
People need to learn to spot misinformation that's spread on social media by publications that look like they're trustworthy but aren't. Both the World Health Organization and the Poynter Institute have their own free online courses to learn how to fact-check posts yourself -- not just to spot fake news, but also to understand the agenda behind why they're spreading in the first place.
In the voids left by local papers, citizen journalists and bloggers have stepped up to provide their communities with informative coverage, but they lack the oversight and vetting a newsroom provides. For lack of better options, a citizen reporter could start a site on Substack and write about local events, Franklin suggested.
The best thing to do is to reach out to regional papers the next town over and request coverage. You can find your nearest local or regional paper on Newspapers.com or NewspaperMap.com. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has a station finder site too, and if you're a fan of National Public Radio, you can sign up to become a member of your local station in order to help support it. It isn't a perfect solution for an existing newsroom to stretch to cover another area, but is far better than starting a new local publication from scratch.
But if your community decides to launch a new publication, organizing it as a nonprofit newsroom is a successful way to go. They rely on donations -- foundation support and individual giving account for a combined 83% of nonprofit revenue, according to the Institute of Nonprofit Newsrooms' 2021 Index. And that model is working: 83 of the over 400 nonprofit newsrooms affiliated with INN are less than five years old.
Then there's nonprofit newsroom Berkeleyside, which hosted the so-called first 'direct public offering' where it solicited a combined $1 million in funding from 355 of its readers (an average of $2,816 per person) in 2018 to get started. These are technically securities, but sold directly to its readers, and the publication continues to publish today. It's one of many ways newsrooms are innovating new ownership structures to stay solvent.
"We need to get more support from communities, from local community foundations, from national media foundations and from high net-worth individuals to help make local news sustainable in all areas of the country," Brady said. | https://www.cnet.com/news/politics/local-journalism-is-in-trouble-why-it-matters-and-what-you-can-do/ | 2022-06-24 14:11:24 | 0 | https://www.cnet.com/news/politics/local-journalism-is-in-trouble-why-it-matters-and-what-you-can-do/ |
Most of us may remember the select opportunity to dress down at work. Just ask the cast of "The Office."
But don’t worry, casual Fridays aren’t going anywhere. They might be turning into every day.
"I don't think that we should have to go to work all stuck up. I think you have to dress for what makes you feel good," said paralegal Keely Bouroncle, one of thousands of young employees who are undoing their top buttons as companies like Goldman Sachs and Virgin Atlantic loosen office dress codes.
"Sometimes I go in cargo pants with, you know, pointed-toe shoes and a high-neck top," Bouroncle said. "I do wear form-fitting clothes and I don't think there's anything wrong with that."
In a 2021 survey by Captivate, 53% of business professionals from 501 white-collar jobs in the U.S. said their work attire has become more relaxed after pandemic lockdowns. But it wasn’t always that way.
Americans started off the 20th century in gowns and formal suits. As the decades went by, they shifted toward patterned clothes, fedora hats, pencil skirts and women’s revolutionary pantsuits.
Then came the 80s and 90s with the birth of "business casual" in Silicon Valley. In the early 21st century, tech companies started allowing employees to show up in hoodies and jeans. And now more industries are following suit.
Wardrobe stylist Jessica Cadmus believes the shift had to do with talent retention.
"A lot of the tech firms were snapping up all the sort of most prominent talent. And something that was very appealing to folks was a relaxed atmosphere, like a casual dress code," Cadmus said.
The trend gained traction in recent years as employees shift back from Zoom meeting leisure to the office.
"People got really used to working at home and many people continue to work at home and so they're not as willing to like go out and purchase investment pieces when they're not utilizing them as often," Cadmus said.
According to Captive, 43% of those surveyed report seeing more jeans now than before the pandemic and 7% said they saw people wear pajamas to work. Yup — pajamas. But this growing trend can also add a source of stress — especially for women who are still fighting for equity in the workplace.
"These are brilliant, brilliant women, that they don't want to be seen as like being too heavily focused on aesthetic," Cadmus said.
Bouroncle’s TikToks, where she shares her work outfits, have drawn criticism from users who say the clothes are unprofessional.
"I think people have these old-school views of how you're supposed to look," Bouroncle said. "Because corporate is supposed to be black and white and buttoned down. Who says what is the norm?"
On TikTok, younger generations are showing off their work wardrobes consisting of short skirts and crop tops.
Though fashion stylists like Cadmus think the trend can go too far.
"New talent that they're hiring have gone so far the other way that they're showing up to work and like very inappropriate things," she said.
But for Gen Z and millennials, the relaxing of formal attire is an opportunity to express themselves.
"It's important to, no matter what career you're in, to be able to still express your style and your fashion and how you are. Otherwise, it would be, you know, so uniform," Bouroncle said. | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/dress-codes-shift-after-employees-return-to-the-office | 2023-02-28 13:07:44 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/dress-codes-shift-after-employees-return-to-the-office |
Panther: Blueprint for Black Power is the story of the unexpected birthplace of the Black Panther, a site that changed the course of the nation. But it’s not where you might expect. Far from Oakland, the Black Panther and its principles came from just outside Selma, Alabama. Lowndes County, Alabama: a county where every single thing Black folks did was an act of rebellion. A county where an all-Black party made it to the ballot in the year 1966. A county that paved the way for revolution. The fourth season of the Murrow Award-winning Reckon Radio examines the first year the Voting Rights Act was put to the test, deep in the heart of the Jim Crow South. Pulitzer Prize finalist Roy S. Johnson and journalist Eunice Elliot tell the story of Lowndes County and the election that shaped politics - and activism - as we know it. Available on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
How did a county known as “Bloody Lowndes” become the birthplace of the Black Panther? Because the people of Lowndes met vicious, racist violence with a powerful response.
In this episode, you’ll learn more about the history of Lowndes County and just how dangerous the path to progress was for the members of the LCFO.
Below you’ll find a full transcript of the episode.
(OPENING MUSIC IN)
ARCHIVAL TOWNSPERSON 1:
Y’all going to go to the polls this poll season?
ARCHIVAL TOWNSPERSON 2:
Yeah. We’ll be on time.
ARCHIVAL TOWNSPERSON 1:
Yeah. You doing all right? All right. All right. Take some of [inaudible]. Come out November the 8th. Come out November the 8th. How you doing Miss [inaudible].
ROY S. JOHNSON, HOST:
November 8th, 1966. That’s a long time ago. And then, it’s not. It’s Election Day morning. The sun is shining and the carpool train is going strong. Viola Bradford, that intrepid reporter you met in the last episode, spends the day riding around with Stokely Carmichael. Remember, he’s the youngster from New York who came to Lowndes County, Alabama to learn. Learn how to organize, learn how to create change. Revolutionary change.
VIOLA BRADFORD, GUEST:
We went by this man’s house. He was 85 years old and blind, sitting on his porch ready for us to take him to the polls. He had never voted. His parents were slaves. And so all day long, that’s what we did from poll to poll.
JOHNSON:
Folks pull up the park in dirt lots outside the polling place. People pile out and join the line behind dozens and dozens of men and women, all of them waiting to vote.
BRADFORD:
It was a beautiful day for voting here. Men and women from 21 years of age to at least 82 were waiting at different stations so that SNCC workers could come and pick them up. Many were voting for the first time in a general election.
EUNICE ELLIOTT, HOST:
So LBJ, you may know him as President Lyndon B. Johnson. He signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 more than a year before, but now it’s being tested. America is being tested.
BRADFORD:
Stokely Carmichael rode along the highways, down rugged dirt roads and through downtown areas. He would holler, “Did you vote right?” and the Negro voters would holler back, “Sure did.”
JOHNSON:
Lines at the polls stretched on and on and on. They wind down porch steps through dirt parking lots, in and out of shady patches cast by the oak trees that are everywhere. In some of those lines, every single person is Black. Every single one of them lined up to vote for the first time in their lives. Every single one of them risking their homes, their livelihoods, their very lives just to vote. Now, Whites worked against this day for decades after slavery ended through reconstruction and into Jim Crow. They tried to keep Blacks powerless. Not anymore. But just who were Black folks there to vote for?
(THEME MUSIC IN)
JOHNSON:
I’m Roy S. Johnson.
ELLIOTT:
And I’m Eunice Elliott. And this is Panther, episode two.
ARCHIVAL NEWS ANCHOR:
A long anticipated freedom march from Selma to Alabama’s capital of Montgomery finally gets underway.
MARY MAYS JACKSON, GUEST:
If I died, I didn’t care because I was dying for a purpose. We were afraid, but I guess the purpose was greater than the fear.
JOHNSON:
This is Panther: Blueprint for Black Power from Reckon Radio.
ELLIOTT:
This is the seldom told story of one of the most famous and notorious organizations in the Black Power Movement and its origins in Lowndes County, Alabama.
FANNIE LOU HAMER:
Is this America, the land of the free and the home of the brave?
LILLIAN MCGILL, GUEST:
The one in Oakland started out ... They heard about us.
BRADFORD:
These people wanted to vote. They wanted to pull the lever for the Black Panther and then go on home, and this is what they did.
ED MOORE KING, GUEST:
We’ve come a long ways, but we got a long ways to go.
REV. AL SHARPTON:
Politicians have been trying to roll back the franchise all across the country. Voter ID, early voting, even the number of polling sites have all come under assault.
FANNIE LOU HAMER:
Because we want to live as decent human beings in America.
(THEME MUSIC OUT)
ELLIOTT:
When we last left you, Stokely Carmichael and SNCC, that’s the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, they had just arrived in Lowndes County and they had seen a slew of Black folks brave enough to be seen watching and supporting that 54-mile march from Selma to Montgomery. That’s the march that helped light a fire in Washington for the passage of the Voting Rights Act. And now, they were back to find those same people in Lowndes and to organize them.
JOHNSON:
But Eunice, what exactly was it that intrigued Stokely Carmichael, that kid from New York? Let’s go back. Let’s remember just how dangerous it was for Black people in Lowndes County in 1966, how dangerous it was just to exist. Forget voting or even registering to vote. Even though eight in every 10 folks living in Lowndes were Black, those folks risked their lives just standing on the side of Highway 80. That act alone, that act of quiet defiance was enough to pique Stokely Carmichael’s interest. It was enough to tease out an idea to plant seeds that would someday birth a powerful fruit.
REGINA MOORER, GUEST:
So Lowndes County had this history right, being called Bloody Lowndes. That didn’t just fall out of the air. Lowndes County had this history of being a violent county in terms of white supremacy and white terrorism in the county.
ELLIOTT:
That was Professor Regina Moorer of Alabama State University. Now, although this was the 1960s, entitlement and supremacy, it still seeped from the dirt in Lowndes. I mean, the parents of many of these Black folks living there had been enslaved. I want you to think about that, Roy. Their parents, we’re talking about mom and dad, slaves.
JOHNSON:
I just can’t, Eunice. I just can’t. It’s too hard to think about. Let’s just keep going.
ELLIOTT:
But think about this. That also means that the parents of many of their white neighbors, they owned slaves or they at least worked on plantations as hateful, racist overseers. And so now, in the 1960s, their children did any and everything they could to keep that same hate alive.
JOANN MANTS, GUEST:
We knew that you could find yourself in a river, in a creek, on a tree limb. You could find yourself dead in every one of the places, but here in particular because of the nature of the plantation ownership and how the law was pretty much within the hands of owners of plantations in Lowndes County.
ELLIOTT:
That’s Joann Mants, the widow of SNCC organizer and longtime Lowndes County activist Bob Mants. She breathed Lowndes County’s activism.
MANTS:
You have to be very careful because where you live will determine whether or not you live or die. Because a lot of people along this County Road 23 can tell you the number of times that their homes have been shot into, how they had to have people to guard every night because marauders would shoot into their living quarters. Some people could not work within this county because if they were associated with these Freedom Riders, or with SNCC, then they could lose everything that they had. So they had to give up a lot of things in order to register to vote.
JOHNSON:
But that’s a reputation that was true in a lot of places in the South.
ELLIOTT:
You know what? We should just take a quick step back here just so we can get a better sense of those states. Now, the part of the south that we are talking about is known as the Black Belt, and that’s partially for the rich, black soil that makes the region so good for agriculture.
JOHNSON:
Agriculture, Eunice? Really? We talking about cotton. Cotton! Let’s be real now, fam. Cotton.
ELLIOTT:
Okay, perhaps. Perhaps. But it’s also called the Black Belt because of all the Black folks who still call it home today, and that’s a direct result of White plantation owners profiting off of enslaved Black labor to pick that cotton from that dirt that it’s so good for. And when those plantation owners had to free their slaves, well, Roy, you could guess that it was not pretty. The years immediately after the end of the Civil War are known as reconstruction. And in those years, when free Black folks and angry White folks were forced to coexist, the federal troops were the only things standing between them and violence.
JOHNSON:
Those federal troops facilitated some progress. There was the opening of Black schools, even the election of Black public officials in some areas. But as soon as those troops pulled out, the ex-Confederates rolled right in. They seized power and rewrote state constitutions in places like Mississippi and Alabama to make sure Black people never gained power again. And they killed and terrorized anyone who tried to stop them, Eunice.
ELLIOTT:
So reconstruction ended technically in 1877, Roy. But afterwards, at least 16 Black people were lynched, and I’m talking about just in Lowndes County. Keep in mind that others were jailed or even killed by police just on trumped-up charges, no pun intended. But countless others were beaten, brutalized, and just plain old dehumanized. And so now maybe you can understand why they call it Bloody Lowndes, and you can see why in this community, the taste of freedom was savored just a little bit more than other places. Places that, by now, were probably taking some of their freedoms for granted. Freedoms that still struggle to exist in Lowndes County. Here’s Regina Moorer again.
MOORER:
This particular area was almost like the hub of Black activism for this side of the county. If you look and trace land ownership in Lowndes County, you would notice that most White landowners would concentrate on the north side of Highway 80, while Black landowners will concentrate on the south side of Highway 80. But when you get here in White Hall, you see that Black families pretty much occupied both sides of Highway 80.
JOHNSON:
White Hall is a town in Lowndes, just about halfway between Selma and Montgomery. Black land ownership there translated into action.
MOORER:
It is the only part of this stretch of Highway 80 where you have Black land ownership on both sides of the highway, so I think that helped this particular area become a safe space for activism because it wasn’t so much of the threat and intimidation that you saw in other parts of the county. And I’ve heard stories, and I don’t know the accuracy of those stories, but it traces back to the attempts of Black families to actually acquire and own land during that period of reconstruction. And so this was one of the areas where Black families were able to acquire land and pretty much hold onto it, as opposed to in some other parts of the county where they may have acquired land, but they lost it because of getting a loan or something from a bank and having their property foreclosed on.
ELLIOTT:
Highway 80 was a dividing line in a lot of places. But in Lowndes, it unified Black folks and it ignited Black activism.
JOHNSON:
For too long, Black residents there contended with threats of physical violence for demanding even basic services like clean water. Forget muttering the word “vote.” Black areas of the county had pitiful roads, porous plumbing, conditions that were borderline inhumane, all courtesy of county government, the White county government. Let Lillian McGill and Viola Bradford tell you about it.
MCGILL:
We wanted better for our kids. I had gone off to school. I went to Selma University in Selma, then I went to Carver. And see, when you get off and you learn more, you want that.
BRADFORD:
There was no plumbing. You had to use the outhouse. There was no electricity. She had oil lamps and candles and a wooden fireplace. I mean, know who lives like that? Yeah, and this is 1966.
ELLIOTT:
Now, you think about it. These days, the mantra around that kind of treatment from those in power would be what? To vote them out. Well, that option wasn’t even available to Black folks in Lowndes, Roy. I mean, not in the 1960s.
JOHNSON:
Not even close, Eunice, even though Black men had legally been eligible to vote there since 1870, Black women since 1920. Yet there was not a single, solitary, Black registered voter in Lowndes County in the early 1960s.
MANTS:
You’re talking about people who have been miseducated or not educated, and you’re working with people who are having to deal with all of these situations, trying to live, trying to exist, and moving through the Jim Crow period trying to survive. Here we have Lowndes County. From what I can understand, it’s the second poorest county in the country. So you’re talking about poor folks who are trying to register to vote. Somebody’s telling them, “If you register to vote, you can change something.” But in doing so, a lot of those folks are losing home, livelihoods, and life. So you have to make a decision as to how it is that you’re going to deal with this entire matter of trying to get these young folks that are telling you that registering to vote can get you this. But it also got me kicked off of a plantation that my generations and I have lived all my life. And so what do I do once I’m kicked off? Where do I go? So I got to figure out how will I survive through this entire process?
ELLIOTT:
Exactly. I mean, this is the kind of nonsense that the Voting Rights Act was, at least in theory, going to fix. Because voting, and even just registering to vote, it was not a simple process, at least not for Black folks. They had literacy tests that absolutely had nothing to do with literacy, poll taxes of just arbitrary amounts. And how about the jelly bean counts that obviously had nothing to do with anything and was just plain old-fashioned intimidation? Ed King was a teacher in Lowndes County back in the 1960s and he experienced all three.
KING:
When we first tried to get ready to vote, they was using that literacy test. In other words, the only one that they were going to let vote was one that would take that literacy test and pass, which would be a small number. I took it. I don’t know whether I passed it or not, but the man that was registering me was Mr. Goldson and he was teasing me. He said, “You are one of the teachers in the county and if you don’t pass this test, I’m going to report you to the superintendent,” and he kind of teed me off. And I told him, I said, “Mr. Goldson.” I said, “If I don’t pass this test, I’ll be back here every day that you all give the test until I pass it.” But the next week, I got a letter that said that passed it. I don’t know whether I did or not.
MANTS:
Each literacy test would pretty much be different from the next one. You never knew exactly what literacy test questions you would be asked. How many bubbles are in a box of washing powder? How many seeds are in a watermelon?
JOHNSON:
The questions Joann Mants remembers make discrimination as plain as the Black Belt’s dark earth. How many seeds in a watermelon? Really, Eunice? On top of that, whites closed everything down in the part of town where people could register. Closed it down in hopes Black folks would get too hungry, too thirsty, or just too worn out to stick around.
ELLIOTT:
And I’m sure anybody listening in Georgia might feel like that’s just a little familiar, huh?
JOHNSON:
You right. You right. You right.
ELLIOTT:
Okay. But you know what? We’ll come to that later on. But for now, let’s get back to Lillian McGill. She had a hard time getting registered to vote too.
MANTS:
The days we went to register, the stores would close up and we couldn’t even get a soda. The jailhouse was next door to where we registered. They wouldn’t even let us get water out there from the faucet outside of the jail. They cut the water off. So we started fixing food like you’re going to take out to a church picnic, and everybody come in and started going to Montgomery or Selma and getting sodas and water and bringing it back and putting it in with ice. And then they would feed anybody coming by who wanted to register and you stay all day. When you get there, you stay all day till the registration was open.
JOHNSON:
The whole system was rigged. But the only way to change it, even more than a year after the passage of the Voting Rights Act, was in the voting booth. Hello, SNCC.
ELLIOTT:
But SNCC’s field organizers weren’t the first activists on the scene. More on that when Panther returns.
Now, it’s still important, though, to point out that SNCC wasn’t really starting from scratch in Lowndes, because there were already folks there doing the work, and they were doing the work in face of possibly finding themselves hanging from a tree limb. It was that dangerous. And the laws? They were pretty much useless.
MANTS:
We were tired. And sick and tired of being tired, so they decided then that they would get together and organize so they would have a unit rather than everybody trying to do something on their own.
ELLIOTT:
The White folks in power, they were pulling every trick in the book they could to keep Black Alabamians out. And Roy, you may or may not find this hard to believe, but the state of Alabama went so far as to ban the NAACP.
JOHNSON:
Very easy to believe, Eunice. Very easy to believe.
PASTOR AARON MCCALL, GUEST:
If I was to choose a hero for the movement here in Lowndes County, it would be John Hulett.
JOHNSON:
Okay, Eunice, let’s introduce our listeners to John Hulett. Pastor Aaron McCall and Ed King, they remember him real well.
MCCALL:
He moved back here with his family a few years before the movement started and he started talking to various people about doing something to change the political economy here in Lowndes County. And when Stoke and them showed up, he was already working in the community trying to get people registered to vote and stuff like that because he had been a part of the Jefferson County Freedom Movement there in Birmingham. And so he brought those same ideas and stuff here, and they took on the establishment here.
KING:
They decided they wanted to set up an organization in Lowndes County, and they named it the Lowndes County Christian Movement. It was organized at a social club.
JOHNSON:
It started with 27, but grew. The group went door to door. Lillian McGill vividly remembers working to recruit her neighbors.
MCGILL:
We had organized, but we would go around and talk about what we had planned and how we would do. There were people who didn’t even want us at their house because they feared. There were people who feared that if you come to their house, their job would be in jeopardy and their kids was in jeopardy. You were there for a lot of things. First place, you needed to get them registered hopefully. Next place, you needed to know if they had children. We wanted to integrate the school system. We wanted them to bring them out those one rooms. Because see, they had a lot of one-room schools or one teacher is in there, and she’d have 40 or 50 kids and she’s teaching six different grades with all the different classes. Well, you know that’s not going to be right.
ELLIOTT:
They called themselves the Lowndes County Christian Movement, and groups like this popped up all around the state to get around the state’s ban of the NAACP, and they also had a list of priorities. Simple things like more resources for schools, plumbing and electricity, more equitable living conditions. But the first step was them being able to just register to vote, being able to have a say in who would be making the decisions affecting their lives.
JOHNSON:
So it’s now March 1965. We’ve got a cadre of Blacks in Lowndes beginning to advocate for themselves, something that could cost them their lives. We’ve got SNCC, a national committee of organizers, whose primary mission is to register and empower Black voters. For both groups, this next election is vital. Vital because it will test the realness of the Voting Rights Act.
ELLIOTT:
And it’s possibly transformative, potentially changing the faces of elected officials in Lowndes County. Stokely Carmichael, SNCC’s rising star, was all over that.
MOORER:
Because Stokely Carmichael came here to organize residents around the message that all politics are local. You can look at what’s happening at the state level and even the federal level, but if you really want to realize your full potential and your full power when it comes to politics, focus on your county government.
ELLIOTT:
He sought a particular route to improving living conditions for Black Southerners, and his message was to take over the county courthouse, and he had an idea of what that could look like.
JOHNSON:
Now let’s pan west to our neighbors in Mississippi. In April 1964, just about a year before the march to Montgomery, Black organizers in that state got similarly fed up with the racist BS. There, political power and White power slept in the same bed. Everybody else, they slept on the floor. The state’s entire delegation to the Democratic National Convention was white. Let’s just be real, Eunice. Mississippi Democrats were segregationists.
ELLIOTT:
Roy, as were most southern Democrats in the 1960s.
JOHNSON:
Yeah, you right. You right.
ELLIOTT:
George Wallace, he was a Democrat. Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever. Yeah, that George Wallace. They were called Dixiecrats. As you can see, that was a nod to their Confederate roots. In Mississippi, SNCC tried something new. They founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, or MFDP, and it was a new political party and it was open to everyone regardless of race. And it was an effort to rally more Black voters to register while also challenging the legitimacy of this all-White, Democratic Party. In 1964, the MFDP sought recognition from the National Democratic Party at its convention in Atlantic City.
ROBERT F. KENNEDY:
I first want to thank all of you, delegates to the Democratic National Convention and the supporters of the Democratic Party.
ELLIOTT:
The MFDP wanted recognition of the new party itself, but also of the racists and exclusionary practices of the traditional Democratic Party in Mississippi.
JOHNSON:
Now one of the main voices behind this push was Fannie Lou Hamer. You know her name even if you don’t know exactly why. Fannie Lou was born and raised in the Mississippi Delta. When SNCC came to the Delta in the early 1960s, she attended one of their meetings. She was just curious. Here’s Terry Cannon, one of SNCC’s few white field secretaries at that time.
TERRY CANNON, GUEST:
I mean, Fannie Lou Hamer didn’t know that Black people had the right to vote when SNCC first got in contact with her. She thought it was illegal or something.
ELLIOTT:
So after she learned that she was able to vote, oh, Fannie Lou registered as soon as she could. But then, she was thrown out of house and home, off the plantation she had lived and worked on for 18 years. She was beaten. And Roy, she was involuntarily sterilized.
JOHNSON:
Man.
ELLIOTT:
All of this just because she tried to access the ballot box. Now her notoriety, the reason why you have heard her name, is because of her subsequent work with SNCC, work for which she was arrested and beaten. Violence she turned into a powerful demand for change, the kind of change Stokely Carmichael wanted to see in America. She and others made the trek to New Jersey to the Democratic National Convention, and she implored the White delegates there to stand with them and to reject Dixiecrat racism.
FANNIE LOU HAMER:
I question America. Is this America, the land of the free and the home of the brave? Where we have to speak with our telephones off of the hook because our lives be threatened daily, because we want to live as decent human beings in America? Thank you.
JOHNSON:
Unfortunately, Eunice, that powerful speech just didn’t work. The all-White Mississippi delegation was allowed to stand.
CANNON:
That was such a depressing, terrible defeat and demoralizing to many people. It was really the recognition that the Black Liberation Movement could no longer depend on white liberals for its support.
JOHNSON:
This happened as Stokely began to rise within SNCC.
ELLIOTT:
Now Roy, this sounds to me like a moment of reckoning, or maybe it was a moment of realization. Because think about it. The system was not broken. It actually was working exactly as it was intended to, to keep Black folks out of power and out of the voting booths so they couldn’t vote for their own. For our own.
JOHNSON:
Boom, Eunice, you nailed it. For Stokely, what happened in New Jersey clenched it. So yes, thank God for Mississippi. It helped one young organizer realize that relying on White folks and their systems for change was fruitless. He wanted Blacks to build their own systems to create their own change.
MOORER:
And I think I would be remiss as a professor at an HBCU to not mention the HBCU legacy that influenced his work here in Lowndes County because we know SNCC was started at Shaw University, a historical Black college started by Ella Baker, and Stokely Carmichael was a graduate of Howard University. So I think that the education that he got at Howard, we saw that manifest in his organizing practices in Lowndes County, but he perfected what he learned in the classroom. So he had the educational or the institutional background, but he got the practical experience on the grounds here in Lowndes.
CANNON:
They knew that marching and praying and sitting in was dead. And appealing to the white liberals, appealing to the federal government, appealing to the FBI. None of that had helped. And as a matter of fact, it had, in great part, harmed and held down SNCC.
ELLIOTT:
Now this was the beginning of some tension within SNCC because not everyone in the organization saw what Stokely saw. And you also have to remember that John Lewis was SNCC’s president and he was a strict adherent to the principle of nonviolence, just like his mentor, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. But Stokely Carmichael? He was about results by whatever it took by whatever worked. And nonviolent efforts to change the Democratic Party, they weren’t working at all.
MANTS:
John Lewis was also, at the time, pushing Black voters to vote for the Democratic Party. So you were starting to see a little bit of divide within the leaders of SNCC, particularly in the path that John Lewis wanted the organization to take and the path that Stokely Carmichael wanted the organization to take.
JOHNSON:
This is where Stokely was when he and a few other SNCC organizers set up in Lowndes, just after the march to Montgomery. Ed King and Lillian McGill were there. So let’s let them set the scene.
KING:
They came in during the time we was trying to get the Lowndes County Christian Movement started.
MANTS:
I’m going to remember it. Stokely Carmichael came in here the following week. He and Bob Mants and Scotty B, and some others because they came in. And the Freedom House is right down there on that road, and that’s where the SNCC workers stayed.
ELLIOTT:
And SNCC’s work throughout the county was not top-down. They were there to provide the connective tissue for true grassroots organizing, but it was bottom-up organizing.
CANNON:
So once you’ve gone in, you’ve had Freedom Schools, you’ve talked to everybody you’ve discovered, people like Fannie Lou Hamer or John Hulett. You’re not there to set up the SNCC party or the SNCC government. You’re there to get things rolling and it required an involved trust in the local people also.
JOHNSON:
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 passed just a few months after SNCC arrived and the Lowndes County Christian Movement got off the ground. That painted change in broad, broad strokes.
MOORER:
You have these people who are now finally able to register to vote, even though we had the Voting Rights Act. And so there are these discussions about, “Okay. Now that we can vote, who do we vote for?” And so you have these discussions about, “Well, LBJ, he’s a Democrat.” But then you also have the SNCC organizers who are constantly reminding voters like, “Yeah, LBJ’s a Democrat. So is Bull Connor. So is the sheriff here in Lowndes County.” So it’s like, “Yeah, they’re Democrats. But are you sure that this is the party that you want to vote for and align yourself with?” Right? And so there’s this idea of, “How do we fully realize the power of a Black vote? And we can’t do that if we align ourselves with the Democratic Party in Alabama, which is still the party of white supremacy.” So the only viable alternative for voters here in Lowndes County was, “We’re going to start our own political party. We’re going to see how that works out.”
ELLIOTT:
That’s next time on Panther.
JOHNSON:
I can’t wait. Eunice. See you there.
MCCALL:
I mean, just think about what the panther represents. Number one, he is sleek with precision. He’s strong and he’s fierce. And then he was Black and we’re Black, and he represented us. For us, it represented freedom. He represented freedom.
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Isolated Showers Possible Through Mid Week With Highs in the 60s
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (WAGM) - Good morning to you everyone and happy Monday. It was a windy first part of the weekend with some of us experiencing gusts as high as over 50 mph. Some of us even dealt with power outages. Thankfully we won’t be dealing with gusty winds today. The bigger story will be the rain chances through mid week. It has already brought some rain to us in the overnight hours and I expect some of us to see more of the rain throughout the morning and into the afternoon. However, I think most of the shower activity will be isolated throughout the day.
Our current weather setup shows a warm front lifting its way into the county by this afternoon and then another system right behind it in time for mid week. Temperatures this morning started off in the 50s and they look to increase by mid afternoon however you will still want to pack the umbrella and the rain jacket for those chances of rain. Highs will land in the mid to upper 60s which is right around average for this time of year. Tonight’s lows will continue to be what we have been seeing the past couple of days in the 50s. Into the overnight hours is where I expect things to become a bit more scattered in the way of showers. Timing things out for you, the majority of the rain looks to remain far to our north. Most of us will be dealing with the clouds throughout the day. By mid morning some of us will be experiencing some isolated showers. I do expect these to be fast moving so they won’t persist for too long. We will try to clear out by afternoon, but I don’t expect the clouds to exit the region. We will still be dealing with isolated showers at this point. That does look to continue into the evening commute. Into the overnight hours, there does appear to be heavier band of showers, but I do think the heavy activity will fizzle out before it reaches the county. Most of the scattered activity will be centralized towards far western portions of the county.
Tomorrow’s highs do look to trend more on the warmer side with most of us very close to the 70 degree mark. Cloud cover does look to persist throughout the day yet again with some more chances for isolated showers across the region. Because of how isolated most of the rain looks to be throughout the week, I don’t expect much in the way of totals. Most of us will be lucky to even see a tenth of an inch of rainfall accumulation by Tuesday evening. As we look ahead to the next couple of days, we don’t look to escape the clouds fully until the last half of the work week when high pressure gains back control. It will be a gloomy first half of the week. Highs will continue to hover around the 60 degree mark with the exception of a few warmer days throughout the week. For more on today’s forecast, tune in to this morning’s Weather on the Web Video Forecast. Have a great Monday!
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The event marks the one-year anniversary of listing and its first Investor Day
Among the highlights of the event were SaaS solutions offering unique customer experiences
SÃO PAULO, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Zenvia Inc. (NASDAQ: ZENV), the leading cloud-based CX communications platform in Latin America, empowering companies to transform their existing communications with end-customers along their life cycle, is ringing the opening bell today in celebration of its one-year IPO anniversary.
Zenvia held yesterday its first Investor Day, where it presented the main aspects of its strategy, product portfolio, customer cases, market overview, financial results, and long-term targets.
Among the key business areas presented, the highlights were the SaaS solutions that empower companies to create unique experiences along the customers' journey. Zenvia Attraction, Zenvia Conversion, Zenvia Service, and Zenvia Success are all full multichannel solutions that interconnect the customer journey from the first interaction up to the continuous relationship with the brands.
"We are excited to celebrate our first year as a public company and to share our forward vision and strategy. We want to build a new world where the interaction among companies and customers is relevant, where the interaction matters. Our products, tools and platform enable the building of seamless human-centric journeys. This is a huge market, as organizations are now understanding that responsiveness alone is not enough, they must stay more and more connected and adapt," said Cassio Bobsin, ZENVIA's CEO.
According to research firm IDC, Zenvia's Total Addressable Market (TAM) including the sum of CPaaS and selected CX SaaS markets (comprising Customer Service, Marketing Campaign Management, Customer Communications Management and Customer Data Platform Softwares) in Latin America will reach $4.4 billion in 2022. This market is projected to have a 17.5% CAGR between 2021 and 2026, reaching $9.0 billion in 2026, with SaaS representing 60% and CPaaS 40%.
Zenvia also presented its outlook and recent achievements, including an update on the promises made during its IPO, which have enabled the Company to build its fully integrated platform through a combination of M&A and increased R&D investments.
"The acquisitions made following our IPO have complemented our position to be able to capture additional market opportunities moving forward. With our full suite of solutions, tools and intelligence, we are developing the customer journeys of the future and shaping a new world of experiences, all while remaining focused on creating value for all our stakeholders," added Bobsin.
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ZENVIA is driven by the purpose of empowering companies to create unique experiences for customer communications through its unified end-to-end platform. ZENVIA empowers companies to transform their existing customer communications from non-scalable, physical and impersonal interactions into highly scalable, digital-first and hyper-contextualized experiences across the customer journey. ZENVIA's unified end-to-end CX communications platform provides a combination of (i) SaaS focused on campaigns, sales teams, customer service and engagement, (ii) tools, such as software application programming interfaces, or APIs, chatbots, single customer views, journey designers, documents composer and authentication and (iii) channels, such as SMS, Voice, WhatsApp, Instagram and Webchat. Its comprehensive platform assists customers across multiple use cases, including marketing campaigns, customer acquisition, customer onboarding, warnings, customer services, fraud control, cross-selling and customer retention, among others. ZENVIA's shares are traded on Nasdaq, under the ticker ZENV.
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PLANO, Texas, Jan. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Alyssa Ustby, a guard/forward on the University of North Carolina Women's Basketball team, is now featured in ZIPS Car Wash's take on NIL, Car Wash Convos™. The brand's latest episode in their unique approach to name, image and likeness (NIL), Car Wash Convos™, features Ustby and fellow student Kaitlyn Schmidt, who is a member of the UNC dance team, Carolina Girls. Both students are working toward majors in the UNC Hussman School of Journalism & Media, and Ustby is also working toward a minor in Business Administration. ZIPS Car Wash is the Proud Partner of Carolina Athletics® and five additional LEARFIELD properties representing the largest sponsorship of its kind in the car wash industry. Join us in cheering on Alyssa tonight when the Tar Heels face Duke at 8pm ET.
"I'm grateful for the opportunity to partner with ZIPS Car Wash to bring Car Wash Convos™ to Tar Heel Nation! I love that this series gives UNC fans a glimpse into my personality off the court," said Alyssa Ustby, UNC Women's Basketball Guard.
In the 2021-2022 season as a sophomore, Alyssa started all 32 games, was named to the All-ACC second team and the All-ACC Academic Team for the second year in a row. She made the Pre-season Cheryl Miller Award Watch List for the Nation's top small forward and averaged 12.9 points and 8.6 rebounds per game. Alyssa's recent success with multiple game double-doubles has helped lead the way toward their early success in the season.
"Alyssa has continued to shine on and off the court during her college career and her drive for excellence is one of the many reasons we've chosen to feature her in our campaign," said Mark Youngworth, Chief Marketing Officer, ZIPS Car Wash. "Our student-athlete selection process was rigorous and the goal of our campaign has been to partner with like-minded student-athletes who share the same drive for excellence that we strive for every day at ZIPS. Alyssa embodies the motivation, enthusiasm and commitment we were looking for in our student-athlete partners and we're proud to have her represent our brand," he added.
ZIPS' NIL activation in the first year of the three-year agreement will feature four student-athletes from the University of North Carolina, including men's basketball center Armando Bacot, Soccer and Lacrosse's Julia Dorsey and Austin Greaser from the Tar Heel Golf Team. Car Wash Convos™ gives fans a glimpse into the lives of these student-athletes during a ride through ZIPS Car Wash in their university town. In the videos, student-athletes are interviewed on their on and off-the-court lives by other student athletes representing the university, all while experiencing a car wash.
Along with the launch of Alyssa's video, Raleigh area ZIPS customers can enjoy a $5 Wash & Dry Car Wash from now until January 31, 2023, with Alyssa's Wash Code 1111. ZIPS owns and operates 8 locations in Raleigh, over 30 locations in North Carolina and over 275 locations in 24 states. To find a location near you, visit zipscarwash.com.
ZIPS Car Wash, headquartered in Plano, Texas, is the largest privately held car wash operator nationwide. ZIPS is among the fastest growing express car wash chains in the country, operating more than 275 locations across 24 states. With over 18 years of car washing experience, ZIPS has invested in industry leading technology, creative hiring and training methods, local partnerships, and a laser-focus on customer care as driving forces behind ZIPS growing business model. Our #1 purpose is to make people happy, from our community outreach efforts and fundraising programs to our focus on employees. ZIPS strives for a great, clean, and fun customer experience. To learn more visit: zipscarwash.com.
LEARFIELD, based in Plano, Texas, is a media, data, and technology services leader in intercollegiate athletics. The company unlocks the value of college sports for brands and fans through an omnichannel platform with innovative content and commerce solutions. LEARFIELD services include licensing and collegiate sports properties' multimedia sponsorship management; publishing, audio, digital and social media; data analytics and insights; ticketing software and ticket sales; branding; campus-wide business and sponsorship development; and venue technology systems. Since 2008, it has served as title sponsor for NACDA's acclaimed LEARFIELD Directors' Cup, recognizing athletic departments across all divisions.
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Dealer linked to Michael K Williams’ death sentenced to 30 months after ‘Wire’ creator’s call for leniency
A 71-year-old old drug dealer linked to the overdose death of actor Michael K. Williams was sentenced to 30 months in prison in a New York courtroom on Tuesday.
Carlos Macci was part of a drug dealing organization blamed in the "Wire" actor’s fatal overdose from fentanyl-laced heroin.
Williams was found dead inside his Brooklyn penthouse apartment in September 2021. He was 54.
While the prosecution had sought at least a four-year sentence, Williams’ nephew and David Simon, the co-creator of "The Wire," both sought leniency for Macci, citing his addiction struggles.
TATUM O'NEAL'S NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE CAPS LIFE OF DRUG ADDICTION, ABUSE AND VOLATILE RELATIONSHIPS
Michael K. Williams attends Netflix's FYSEE event for "When They See Us" at Netflix FYSEE at Raleigh Studios on June 09, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images)
He could have faced up to nearly 20 years based on federal sentencing guidelines.
"It weighs heavy on me to see someone be in a situation he's in," Williams' nephew Dominic Dupont said. "I understand what it is to be system impacted."
In a letter written by Simon calling for leniency for Macci, he noted Williams’ opposition to mass incarceration and the drug war and said the actor had been active with criminal reform groups.
"I miss my friend," Simon wrote in the letter, adding that Williams’ had acknowledged his struggles with addiction during the show's 2002 to 2008 run.
Michael K. Williams was open with his coworkers about his struggles with addiction while working on "The Wire." (Michael Loccisano/FilmMagic)
He continued, "But I know that Michael would look upon the undone and desolate life of Mr. Macci and know two things with certainty: First, that it was Michael who bears the fuller responsibility for what happened. And second, no possible good can come from incarcerating a 71-year-old soul, largely illiterate, who has himself struggled with a lifetime of addiction."
Assistant U.S. Attorney Micah F. Fergenson, who had called for a four-year sentence, said Macci had previously spent little time behind bars despite more than 20 convictions, including four drug-related ones since 2016.
Macci was not charged directly in the actor's death, although others in the case have been. Macci pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess and distribute narcotics in Williams’ case and three other defendants in the drug ring have also pleaded guilty.
Irving Cartagena, who was caught on surveillance selling drugs to Williams the day before he died, will be sentenced next month, and Hector Robles and Luis Cruz will be sentenced in September, according to the New York Post.
"The Wire" co-creator David Simon called for leniency for the defendant. (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)
U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams told Macci that selling heroin and fentanyl "not only cost Mr. Williams his life, but it's costing your freedom," in part because he did not stop selling drugs after Williams died.
He emphasized that there were more than 3,000 fatal overdoses in New York last year alone.
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Along with "The Wire," in which he played a Baltimore man known for robbing street-level drug dealers, Williams also starred in "Boardwalk Empire," "12 Years a Slave" and "Assassin’s Creed."
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Daytona Memorial Day weekend weather: Keep an umbrella handy
DAYTONA BEACH — It might be a good idea to keep an umbrella handy as Memorial Day weekend unfolds at the World’s Most Famous Beach.
In addition to the opportunity for backyard barbecues and beach getaways, the long holiday weekend schedule also includes an array of events to honor the sacrifices made for freedom.
The biggest gathering will be the Heroes Honor Festival, a two-day event to honor the service of Vietnam veterans on Friday and Saturday at Daytona International Speedway.
It is expected to draw at least 20,000 spectators for a program that features Lt. Col. Oliver North, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, actress Ann-Margret and singers Toby Keith, Craig Morgan and Justin Moore, among others.
How the event came together:Heroes Honor Festival offers thanks to Vietnam vets with Toby Keith, Ann-Margret and more
Heroes Honor Festival FAQ:Toby Keith headlines Daytona Heroes Honor Fest: What you need to know
The bulk of that event will take place on Saturday, when the 20% likelihood of showers is the lowest of the holiday weekend, according to the forecast by the National Weather Service in Melbourne.
In addition to a 20% chance of daytime showers and thunderstorms, the Saturday forecast calls for mostly sunny skies with a high near 88 and west-southwest-winds of 5-10 mph. Saturday night is expected to be mostly clear, with a low around 70.
Rain chances are higher throughout the rest of the weekend, starting with a 60% chance of rain on Friday that drops to a 40% chance Friday night.
There’s a 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms on Sunday, with an expected high near 86. That evening, the rain chance diminishes to 20%, with a low around 72.
On Memorial Day, there’s a 50% chance of showers and thunderstorms, with a high near 85 and a light east-southeast wind of 5-10 mph in the morning. By Monday night, the rain chance drops to 20%, with a low again around 72.
Big crowds expected on beachside
For those headed to the beach this weekend, the Daytona Beach Police Department advises that it will out in force to help manage larger crowds attracted by an assortment of events.
The list includes the Heroes Honor Festival, high school graduations at the Ocean Center and an edition of the Daytona Beach Bandshell Summer Concert Series, as well as potential visitors for an Orlando Invades Daytona event that is unsanctioned by the city.
Because of the anticipated crowds, access to the drawbridge on Main Street will be reserved for those who live or work on beachside or those going to the Ocean Center for graduation ceremonies, according to police. Those attempting to use the bridge should have a driver’s license, graduation tickets or employee identification to show officers at a checkpoint on the western side.
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East Carolina meets South Carolina in a nonconference clash on Saturday afternoon in Greenville, S.C.
It is the first game of the day at the inaugural Greenville Winter Invitational, followed by Furman against Stephen F. Austin and Richmond taking on Clemson.
It’s the first time since 2004 that the Pirates have played the Gamecocks.
The Pirates (7-4) are guided by first-year head coach Mike Schwartz and are coming off an 84-75 home win over Coppin State on Sunday. Javon Small led ECU with 21 points and 10 assists, while Ezra Ausar had 18 points on 9-of-12 shooting and Brandon Johnson had 15 points and 10 rebounds.
Small leads ECU this season with 18.1 points and 5.7 assists per game.
“I thought we got off to a good start on both sides of the basketball,” Schwartz said. “I thought Coppin State made a nice adjustment. They spaced the floor and really started to try and put pressure on us driving the basketball. We had to make an adjustment at halftime on how we could somehow close up the paint a little bit.”
South Carolina (5-5) is coming off an 84-70 road loss at UAB on Wednesday. The Blazers have the nation’s seventh-best scoring offense and put it to work against the Gamecocks. GG Jackson II led South Carolina with 20 points, but UAB had three players score 19 points or more.
“The whole thing is a process. And I think, just stick-to-it-ness and not being easily discouraged, we talk about that,” first-year South Carolina coach Lamont Paris said. “I think we’re learning. And we’re having some successes with some things, which spawns belief in some of those things. Hopefully we can continue that.”
The Pirates and Gamecocks each share two common opponents this season. Both teams beat Presbyterian by double digits, and ECU lost to South Carolina State while the Gamecocks beat their in-state opponent.
South Carolina is the first — and only — Power 5 opponent ECU will face this season. The Pirates are 5-6 all-time against South Carolina and 6-21 against SEC opponents.
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SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the California Lottery's "Fantasy 5" game were:
02-16-18-20-39
(two, sixteen, eighteen, twenty, thirty-nine)
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Winning wasn't going to be easy in this matchup, but Tucson Marana still prevailed 53-41 against Sierra Vista Buena on December 9 in Arizona girls high school basketball action.
In recent action on December 2, Tucson Marana faced off against San Tan Valley Poston Butte and Sierra Vista Buena took on Tucson Rincon on December 1 at Sierra Vista Buena High School. For a full recap, click here.
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BATESVILLE, Ind., Jan. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hillenbrand, Inc. (NYSE: HI) announced today the appointment of Carole Phillips as Senior Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer. Ms. Phillips joined Hillenbrand in September 2022 and worked closely with former Chief Procurement Officer Mike Prado, who retired at the end of 2022, to ensure continuity and effective support during this transition.
"Carole is an accomplished supply chain executive who brings more than 25 years of experience in global manufacturing environments to Hillenbrand," said Kim Ryan, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hillenbrand. "Her strategic leadership and proven track record of success will undoubtedly launch our operations to the next level and help us continue to evolve and grow Hillenbrand."
As Chief Procurement Officer at Hillenbrand, Phillips will be responsible for driving strategy and initiatives related to Global Supply Management, including center-led procurement activities, and helping identify and achieve savings across the organization.
"The disruptions faced within the supply chain industry over past two years has brought renewed attention to the importance of developing strong, agile supplier partnerships in order to adapt to unpredictable changes and global trends," said Ms. Phillips. "Working closely with the team over the past few months has made it clear that Hillenbrand is a purpose-driven organization that is committed to positively improving the environments where we operate. I am honored to be Hillenbrand's Chief Procurement Officer and look forward to building on the solid foundation established under Mike Prado's leadership during his tenure as our former CPO and continuing to drive improvements within our organization."
Philips was most recently the Vice President of Global Supply Management at Stanley Black & Decker, a Fortune 500 company, where she helped establish dedicated sourcing and procurement workstreams to support all due diligence and acquisitions and de-risk dependencies in key regions.
Prior to joining Stanley Black & Decker, Ms. Phillips held various leadership positions at Eaton and Lionel LLC. She graduated from Central Michigan University with a Bachelor's Degree in Industrial and Organizational Administration, Business Administration, and Management and Operations.
Hillenbrand (NYSE: HI) is a global industrial company operating in over 40 countries with over 10,000 associates serving a wide variety of industries around the world. Guided by our Purpose — Shape What Matters For Tomorrow™ — we pursue excellence, collaboration, and innovation to consistently shape solutions that best serve our associates, customers, communities, and other stakeholders. Hillenbrand's portfolio includes brands such as Coperion, Milacron Injection Molding & Extrusion, and Mold-Masters, in addition to Batesville. To learn more, visit: www.Hillenbrand.com.
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A massive mystery spiral hung in the skies of Alaska last weekend, confusing night sky watchers hoping to catch an aurora instead of aliens.
Alaska-based photographer and "professional aurora hunter" Todd Salat was one of many who caught the surreal sight in a stunning series of pictures. Salat caught a 30-second time-lapse that showed the spiral growing and stretching over Donnelly Dome near Delta Junction, Alaska, on April 15 against the northern lights.
As it turns out, the minutes-long spectacle was more NASA than E.T.
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"At first I had no idea of what I was seeing," he told NBC in an email, "but this phenomenon appears to be caused by engine exhaust from a SpaceX Transporter-7 mission."
The SpaceX rocket launched from California's Vandenberg Space Force hours earlier and the engine exhaust vented water vapor that turned into ice during its fly-by over Alaska.
Don Hampton, a space physicist and professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, told NBC affiliate KTUU that the ice effectively caught and reflected sunlight from its high altitude, creating “this spiral galaxy of a display.”
Others, like Elizabeth Withnall in Kotzebue, Alaska, were more annoyed than amazed.
"Seriously, Elon?" Withnall posted on social media. "You gotta ruin my aurora?"
This isn't the first flying sky spiral caused by a SpaceX launch this year – one was caught by the Subaru-Asahi Star Camera over the night skies of Hawaii last January from a military GPS satellite that launched from Florida. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/giant-mystery-spiral-hangs-over-alaska-aurora-in-stunning-time-lapse/4252127/ | 2023-04-18 22:04:40 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/giant-mystery-spiral-hangs-over-alaska-aurora-in-stunning-time-lapse/4252127/ |
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